Privatize It: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 3

Should cities be in the business of running businesses ranging from convention centers to farmer’s markets? Selling off golf courses, contracting out parking concessions, and all manner of public-private partnerships are generating billions of dollars in revenue and dramatically improving city services in places such as Chicago and Indianapolis. Will Cleveland’s elected officials learn the right lessons in time? Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey is written and produced by Paul Feine; camera and editing by Roger Richards and Alex Manning; narrated by Nick Gillespie; music by the Cleveland band Cats on Holiday. This is the third of six episodes that will air March 15-19, 2010. Approximately 10 minutes long. Go to reason.tv for iPod, HD, and audio versions of all videos. Subscribe to Reason.tv’s YouTube channel and receive automatic notification when new videos go live.

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