Monopolies never learn, so in order to create learning organizations, competition is key.
Which is why we are so encouraged by the policies of Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith. In order to make city services more efficient, Mayor Goldsmith allowed private companies to bid against public employees for all city services except for police, fire and zoning. The results were obvious. We knew going in that we weren't going to raise taxes. That's only going to accelerate the exodus of people and businesses out to the suburbs.