Democracy claimed a rare victory over the forces of corporate privatization recently, when a Superior Court judge ruled on December 5 that the city of Stockton, California must void its 20-year, $600 million water services contract with OMI-Thames—a partnership between two giant, multinational corporations—and return its utilities to municipal control (see “Piping Mad,” March 17, 2003). Judge Bob McNatt upheld his… return to article
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Posted by Carl Wernerhoff on Jan 8, 2004 at 1:43 AM 
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