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Friday, May 27, 2005


Township Reverses Business, Gets Out of Entertainment Business.
After cost overruns of $70,000, Redford Township (suburban Detroit) is hiring a private company to manage its ice rink.

Good enough as far as it goes, though the township would be better off selling the facility outright. As the Detroit News notes in an editorial, "Cities and towns should concentrate their dwindling resources on providing adequate public services, not hockey rinks, community theaters and golf courses.

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