The Kansas City Star has a nice article about a soon-to-be-decided proposal that would privatize the Kansas City Animal Shelter. From the article, it sounds like this bill, which would turn management over to a private vet clinic, is expected to pass soon. This seems like an exciting example of privatization at work in Missouri. Hopefully, it will work out as well as privatization of the county pharmacy did for St. Louis County. The animal shelter bill is expected to save taxpayers $175,000 per year, but I am sure the animals would rather be taken care of by government employees than be subjected to the cold, hard hands of capitalism.
Privatization at Work in Kansas City
State and Local Government
|
About the Author
David Stokes
David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from...
