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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;speedyk, post: 10353461, member: 162834&quot;]See if you can swing a truck and offer to &quot;help&quot; cover any work that Republic is failing at, along with whatever work you come up with on your own</p><p><br /></p><p>Give the city a rate your reps can defend and possibly conceal at first, prime that pump.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are already serving the city and doing it well when republic raisrs the rates, it makes it easier for the city to choose&nbsp; a local vendor who is already a known quantity, and easy to point out how that vendor is locally owned and hiring local.</p><p><br /></p><p>IOW, Help them stay elected and they&#039;ll help you get started. I bet they have ways of helping with financing via covid relief or small biz programs or even a quiet word at a local savings and loan.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ve got the right attitude and work ethic, start small and do well and it&#039;ll be like you were always there and an obvious choice when things come to that bridge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece you don&#039;t have is who benefits from the republic deal, they&#039;ll try to sink your boat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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