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It still seems weird. I can think of many small municipalities around here that can't quite do things on their own. Sharing water, fire, police, electricity, se
by jfoutz 10y ago
It still seems weird. I can think of many small municipalities around here that can't quite do things on their own. Sharing water, fire, police, electricity, sewer, gas, roads, busses, trains, schools, hospitals and garbage services with a larger town seems pretty reasonable. I mean, as long as it's not forced on any of the participants.
The internet must be really dangerous in some way to require the special regulation.
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"Electric is provided with a contract with the City of Wilson, however Pinetops owns and maintains all distribution lines to Pinetops citizens and businesses." [1]
[1] http://pinetopsnc.publishpath.com/departments http://pinetopsnc.publishpath.com/departments
- bcheung 10y agoIt didn't sound like that was ruled out. If the other city wanted to contract with them it would probably be possible.
- jfoutz 10y ago"Wilson decided not to appeal the court decision and voted to terminate the service agreement with the town of Pinetops, Wilson's city spokesperson, Rebecca Agner, told Ars today." The agreement looks like it was between the two towns. I wonder how it's fundamentally different than electricity.