re: Garbage Man Sent to Jail for Picking Trash Up too Early

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Isn't that town a model for privatization of traditional govt roles, duties?

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It is. Ironically, that is why law enforcement had to get involved.

Sandy Springs doesn't provide trash service. The residents/business individually contract with haulers themselves. So while you might have your trash picked up by the people who come at 8, your neighbor might be getting his picked up at 4AM by a completely different hauler.

Ordinarily, the city would just fire the hauler for not following the law, but the city wasn't the one paying the bill.

I have no problem with privitization in general, but trash collection seems like one of those things that works better when centralized (either by local govt or by neighborhood).