In need of cash, states auction goods online

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Yahoo News

ALBANY, N.Y. – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin isn't the only government official hawking goods online. With the economy continuing to tumble, more state and local governments are using the Web to clear out inventory and bolster deflated budgets.

Need a desk? An airplane? How about an armored personnel carrier? Items like these and others are now just a click away for the highest bidder.

Joseph Hamrick, a 59-year-old construction worker from Goose Creek, S.C., got hooked on one such Web site, GovDeals.com, about five months ago. Since then, he's gotten good deals on a 1999 Dodge truck in great condition, 36 bicycles and more than 2,000 brand-new T-shirts, among other things — much of which he gives away to charity and co-workers.

Terry McCorkle, owner of McCorkle Sales in Claxton, Ga., resells the heavy construction equipment, trucks and trailers that he purchases from GovDeals.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_bi_ge/government_auctions_1

[CTyankee]

1. Well, maybe my city, New Haven, could sell another street, like it did to Yale.

I don't know how a city can really sell a street but New Haven did or maybe it was just the rights to one of the downtown streets, you know,just rights to close it down for special occasions and such.

OK, so we all have to look at our cities' junk drawer and see what we can sell. Bowling alley? Old government building? How about an old movie theatre? We've got a couple in the area. Hey, it's usable space!

[snot]

2. interesting, but the link's not working right now . . .