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Those challenges are why municipalization efforts often fail, as they did in 2020 when Boulder, Colo., abandoned its decadelong attempt to assume Xcel Energy’s operations in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Then, during the municipalization years of Tammany Hall, corrupt officials took the reins of the city’s dog problem—with even worse results.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2014

Even the municipalization of industries needs to go slowly until municipal areas have been brought more into conformity with the conditions of efficient administration.

From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Ireland possesses no such system of scholarships for assisting the passage of scholars from the elementary to the secondary school as England enjoys as a result of the municipalization of the educational system.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Areas too cramped and areas that overlap spell waste and conflicting authorities, and premature municipalization in such areas will lead only to the final triumph of the private company.

From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)