THE Local Government Code expressly requires that 'The collection of local taxes, fees, charges and other impositions shall in no case be let to any private person.'The city treasurer had cautioned councilors about the ban. Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos had waved the treasurer's comment and cited a COA flag against the practice. Carbon Market vendors associations, through their leaders, had opposed it. And yes, even the sponsor of the ordinance, Councilor Renato Osmeña Jr.
' Partly to avoid or lessen public impression that it was aimed to benefit C2W/Megawide and because an ordinance must have general application, no firm name was mentioned. Still the gate is flung open for private persons, including the ones for Carbon, to collect the fees at city markets.LEGAL POINT, COUNTERPOINT.