PETERS: Why local governments should not be run like businesses
SOME SAY A GOVERNMENT like The City of Kamloops should be run like a business.
Many a businessperson has found out, though, how that doesn’t work very well.
For example, the type of long-term borrowing for major capital expansion, such as this government is contemplating right now, would raise major red flags in business.
The city wants to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to build a performing arts centre and a multi-sheet iceplex — and that’s just Phase 1 of the plan.