Innovation comes from the private sector. You need not be a radical capitalist to agree with that simple statement. It is a plain truth. For example, a private inventor, not a government water company, invented the water meter. (Note: The water meter was invented 160 years ago, but the City of Saint Louis still has not adopted it.i) City residents will benefit from the proposed consulting deal with a private company to improve the city’s water division.
Contracting With Private Sector Would Benefit Saint Louis Water Services
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About the Author
David Stokes
David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.
