By working together District 17 legislators can be more effective and I am delighted that Elliot, Sue and I have been collaborating this year on outsourcing legislation, minimum wage, and my legislation relating to the failed private prison management experiment.  We work together on other issues too, and keep each other informed about the work taking place in the many legislative committees.  With Team 17’s support I authored legislation in September that requires our boards and agencies to consider whether the public sector should replace the private …