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buellerbueller 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Wisconsin communities signed secrecy deals for bil...

Municipalities should not be bidding on corporate benefaction; this is exactly the opposite of how the relationship between the public and private sector should be.

petcat 7 months ago [–]

> the municipality could just say that they don't want the project and they won't submit a bid. That's fine too.

buellerbueller 7 months ago | [–]

The submitting of corporate largess to multiple government entities for bids is (imo) a de facto hostile act, and should be treated as such.

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