California Tow Truck Association Opposes City Owned Vehicle Impound Facilities
Summary
CTTA President, James Kruger stated, “It is simply a bad idea for cities and counties to compete with private enterprise.“Cities and counties that open their own towing and/or storage business, in essence, are willing to have services diminished within the community.Private sector towing companies will not have the resources to be able to compete against the city or county and many of these private sector businesses will be forced to lay off employees, have equipment, land and facilities foreclosed upon and for some, make the hard decision to close their doors,” explained Mr. Hunter.. Mr. Hunter further states, “Private sector jobs will be eliminated as well as a certain amount of property tax, income tax and sales tax generated by the owners and employees of these threatened businesses.Many of these towing companies have operated their business successfully for decades and now are faced with competition from misinformed public entities that have no proven track record of successfully operating their own towing and/or storage facilities.CTTA President, James Kruger stated, “It is simply a bad idea for cities and counties to compete with private enterprise.Private sector towing companies will not have the resources to be able to compete against the city or county and many of these private sector businesses will be forced to lay off employees, have equipment, land and facilities foreclosed upon and for some, make the hard decision to close their doors,” explained Mr. Hunter.. Mr. Hunter further states, “Private sector jobs will be eliminated as well as a certain amount of property tax, income tax and sales tax generated by the owners and employees of these threatened businesses.