Most urban areas (excepting the biggest – NYC, LA, Chicago) will be dominated by two or three large integrated delivery systems (IDS) each with an obcessed focus on market share. Rural health care, except where it is a satellite function of the urban IDS, will deteriorate rapidly.
CHICAGO LOCAL COLOR: Chicago sold it parking meter system to a private company for $15 million/year. The city got a $1.15 billion up front payment — divided by 75 years that comes to $15 million/year. Now that company wants something like $30 million a year back from the city: $14 million for a lost meter revenue due to construction and street closings over a 9 month period in 2001 — and $13.5 million for lost to handicapped placards in 2010.
The company seems to think Chicago should give away its parking meter system for free plus $15 million a year extra. The company grossed $80 million from meters in 2011.
CHICAGO LOCAL COLOR: Chicago sold its parking meter system to a private company for $15 million/year. The city got a $1.15 billion up front payment — divided by 75 years that comes to $15 million/year. Now that company wants something like $30 million a year back from the city: $14 million for a lost meter revenue due to construction and street closings over a 9 month period in 2001 — and $13.5 million for lost to handicapped placards in 2010.
The company seems to think Chicago should give away its parking meter system for free plus $15 million a year extra. The company grossed $80 million from meters in 2011.
CHICAGO LOCAL COLOR: Chicago sold its parking meter system to a private company for $15 million a year. The city got a $1.15 billion up front payment — divided by 75 years that comes to $15 million a year. Now that company wants something like $30 million a year back from the city: $14 million for a lost meter revenue due to construction and street closings over a 9 month period in 2011 — and $13.5 million for lost to handicapped placards in 2010.
The company seems to think Chicago should give away its parking meter system for free plus $15 million a year extra. The company grossed $80 million from meters in 2011.
My health care hypothesis of the week:
Most urban areas (excepting the biggest – NYC, LA, Chicago) will be dominated by two or three large integrated delivery systems (IDS) each with an obcessed focus on market share. Rural health care, except where it is a satellite function of the urban IDS, will deteriorate rapidly.
CHICAGO LOCAL COLOR:
Chicago sold it parking meter system to a private company for $15 million/year. The city got a $1.15 billion up front payment — divided by 75 years that comes to $15 million/year. Now that company wants something like $30 million a year back from the city: $14 million for a lost meter revenue due to construction and street closings over a 9 month period in 2001 — and $13.5 million for lost to handicapped placards in 2010.
The company seems to think Chicago should give away its parking meter system for free plus $15 million a year extra. The company grossed $80 million from meters in 2011.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/12299030-452/chicago-parking-meter-company-wants-more-money-mayor-balks.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-parking-meter-lease-20120630,0,1767149.story?dssReturn
CHICAGO LOCAL COLOR:
Chicago sold its parking meter system to a private company for $15 million/year. The city got a $1.15 billion up front payment — divided by 75 years that comes to $15 million/year. Now that company wants something like $30 million a year back from the city: $14 million for a lost meter revenue due to construction and street closings over a 9 month period in 2001 — and $13.5 million for lost to handicapped placards in 2010.
The company seems to think Chicago should give away its parking meter system for free plus $15 million a year extra. The company grossed $80 million from meters in 2011.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/12299030-452/chicago-parking-meter-company-wants-more-money-mayor-balks.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-parking-meter-lease-20120630,0,1767149.story?dssReturn
CHICAGO LOCAL COLOR:
Chicago sold its parking meter system to a private company for $15 million a year. The city got a $1.15 billion up front payment — divided by 75 years that comes to $15 million a year. Now that company wants something like $30 million a year back from the city: $14 million for a lost meter revenue due to construction and street closings over a 9 month period in 2011 — and $13.5 million for lost to handicapped placards in 2010.
The company seems to think Chicago should give away its parking meter system for free plus $15 million a year extra. The company grossed $80 million from meters in 2011.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/12299030-452/chicago-parking-meter-company-wants-more-money-mayor-balks.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-parking-meter-lease-20120630,0,1767149.story?dssReturn
apparently there’s still a half million without power from inidiana to DC as of result of last week’s derecho; here’s an article on resulting pockets of “famine” in Wva…
in a related story (as the drought & heat wave were both precipitated by the warm winter & lack of snow pack), here’s a photo gallery of the aftermath of the Waldo Canyon fires in Colorado…