Jay Currie

Interesting article in the NYT today on the cleanup after Katrina:

The cleanup from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was 45 percent finished in jurisdictions that called in the corps, and nearly 70 percent complete in communities that employed private contractors, state records showed. The imbalance remained even when New Orleans, where the cleanup has been particularly complex and slow, was removed from the tally. Across the Gulf Coast, the cleanup was, on average, about 60 percent done, records showed.
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This is the sort of idea that the CPC should be taking into the second half when it comes to questions like healthcare and education – private sector providers tend to be a tad more efficient. That matters.