They say you can't fight City Hall, but we did: Baltimore's citizens should celebrate the defeat of the proposed contract with global water privateer Veolia ("Baltimore panel recommends London company for controversial DPW efficiency contract," Dec. 4).
A large, city-wide coalition came together, stood firm and made it clear that we would not tolerate a contract with this abusive corporation. Based on a track record of rate hikes, political interference and environmental and labor abuses, any deal with Veolia would have been disastrous for Baltimore and its residents.
That's what we stood for — and won. Hundreds took action, from our streets to our City Hall, to stop this contract in its tracks.
Let this illustrate that we can come together to prevent abusive corporations from gaining a foothold in this or any other city. But we can't stop there. We need to continue to stand strong and defeat any private corporate contract on our water.
Rusty Simpson, Baltimore