Competitive bidding for services does not necessarily have to mean the loss of work. The other dimension when it comes to redeployment is that we can't ignore the regions that we're competing against who are doing a whole lot more in the way of cooperation and delivering services across municipal boundaries. The cities that are growing today are cities that work together in the region in planning growth, deciding how much infrastructure the region can afford to build, who are finding ways to cooperate in delivering services. And where services cross political boundaries, such as cultural institutions, public transportation, we need to find ways not necessarily to set up new regional structures, but for cities and suburban municipalities to cooperate in delivering those services. One of my pet peeves about the politics of Detroit is that words take on political meanings so quickly.
Privatization has a political meaning now.
And so the substance of the issue never really gets debated. Dave is right. He didn't use the word when he described what needs to happen. Describe what needs to happen. Once you put the code word on it, all of a sudden that's the candidate's word to either get re-elected or get somebody unelected.