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Save Akron’s Sewers and Water
Keep Public Utilities Public
Hear:
Jon Keesecker
Senior Water Organizer with the Take Back the Tap campaign at Food & Water Watch, Washington, DC. Food & Water Watch works with communities across the nation to maintain public ownership and control of municipal water systems.
Michael McDonald
Former Senior Plant Maintenance Supervisor, Municipal Utilities Department, Stockton, California. McDonald worked against the privatization/corporatization of the City of Stockton’s municipal utilities department. When the City Council voted to sell the system to a foreign corporation in 2003, he refused to work for the corporation that took over.
Privatization/corporatization of public water and sewer systems across the nation has resulted in rising rates, declining services, and loss of public control.
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic wants to sell or lease Akron’s sewer system to a private entity. Hear how privatization/corporatization of public utilities from across the country has failed, how residents in other communities have organized to protect their water and sewer systems, and why Akron needs to keep its public utilities public.
Wednesday, May 28 8:00 PM Laborer’s International Union 720 Wolf Ledges Parkway [directly across the street from the Akron Main Post Office]
Sponsored by Citizens to Save Our Sewers and Water