US Senate Infrastructure Bill - Public/private partnerships is whispered as a way to pay for it. That’s "Déjà vu all over again” for me. Former Coatesville City Manager Harry Walker was the public/private partnership guy who watched Coatesville burn.

Co-Chaired By Former Mayors Mick Cornett & Michael Nutter

"Alexandria, Va.  --- As the debate over the infrastructure bill continues to dominate Capitol Hill, a bipartisan pair of former mayors today joined forces to launch “Let’s Build Infrastructure,” a coalition committed to raising awareness about utilizing public-private partnerships (P3s) to finance infrastructure projects.

Mick Cornett, the former mayor of Oklahoma City (2005-2018), and Michael Nutter, the former mayor of Philadelphia (2008-2016) will serve as co-chairs of “Let’s Build Infrastructure”, a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization.  A P3 is an agreement between a governmental entity and a private sector company to build an infrastructure project, including but not limited to roads, bridges, schools, using private capital for the project’s upfront costs."

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Bipartisan “Let’s Build Infrastructure” Coalition Launches To Promote Public-Private Partnerships

I think because we both like Jazz Harry Walker and me could be friends. But he did terrible things to Coatesville PA. 

Private/public investments in buildings can work out to improve communities. 

But Harry Walker & Andrew Lehr proposed gas powered electric generation plant that would entail the creation of a public/private Coatesville Power Authority, had no real payback to the people of the City of Coatesville. 

 I suspect that Andrew Lehr & Harry Walker intended to be on the board of the Coatesville Power Authority. 

I believe that Florida Power & Light was trolling for a black community as a place for a power plant and found willing Andrew Lehr & Harry Walker to be willing partners. Or possibly the other way around. That is Andrew Lehr and Harry Walker looking for a get rich quick scheme and found Florida Power & Light. 

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Environmental Racism projects proposed in the City of Coatesville PA. After a long treacherous odyssey a happy ending for the City of Coatesville in the form of a regional sports center & velodrome is coming to Coatesville PA.

What concerns me is now the US Senate is creating massive public/private partnerships across the USA to pay for infrastructure instead of the tried and true tax wealthy people for infrastructure that created the interstate highway system and fed what we now call "back in the day" times when we all had good paying jobs that would pay for a good life. 

I'm concerned that the public/private "Let's Build Infrastructure" is a way to bilk people into paying the wealthy along with building infrastructure so the wealthy that pay ZERO taxes can ride penis shaped rockets into space and wag their dicks at suckers on the earth that actually pay taxes. 

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Support for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework

June 24, 2021T

Proposed Financing Sources for New Investment

• Reduce the IRS tax gap
• Unemployment insurance program integrity 
• Redirect unused unemployment insurance relief funds 
• Repurpose unused relief funds from 2020 emergency relief legislation 
• State and local investment in broadband infrastructure 
• Allow states to sell or purchase unused toll credits for infrastructure 
• Extend expiring customs user fees 
• Reinstate Superfund fees for chemicals 
• 5G spectrum auction proceeds 
• Extend mandatory sequester 
• Strategic petroleum reserve sale 
• Public-private partnerships, private activity bonds, direct pay bonds and asset recycling for infrastructure investment 
• Macroeconomic impact of infrastructure investment