[do the dhue]

So, these companies out bid everybody or something? How did they get a 75 year contract?

[stockstrader]

It's ridiculous to SELL it to a foreign company.

I agree that letting private industry maintain and run it is a good idea--IF the leases are 'short-term' (less than 5 years) where competitive bidding can once again enter the equation--along with analysis of how well the privatization is working.

But to SELL it was outrageous--and most Hoosiers agree.

[stockstrader]

The 75 year lease is the 'equivalent' of SELLING it.

Again, no one has a problem with running it more efficiently (as private industry obviously would do),,,,but to find a FOREIGN company,,,,and to allow for NO competitive rebidding,,,,or performance evaluation,,,or fee limits (although I'm assuming there WERE toll caps put it, but if they were, they got little publicity),,,is just not a prudent thing to do. Far from it.