1st Edition
Case Studies of City-County Consolidation: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape Reshaping the Local Government Landscape
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Facing cutbacks in federal and state assistance and a new wave of taxpayer revolts, local governments have renewed interest in local government consolidation as a way of achieving efficiencies of scale in response to citizen demands for services. Yet the vast majority of consolidation efforts fail, either during the process of drafting a charter or once they reach the ballot - only five have... Read more
1. Introduction, Suzanne M. Leland and Kurt Thurmaier; 2. Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida, Bert E. Swanson; 3. Columbus/Muscogee County, Georgia, Arnold Fleischmann and Jennifer Custer; 4. Tallahassee/Leon County, Florida, Linda S. Johnson; 5. Sacramento/Sacramento County, California, Glen W. Sparrow; 6. Athens/Clarke County, Georgia, Dan Durning, William L. Gillespie, and Richard W. Campbell; 7. Lafayette/Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Hunter Bacot; 8. Branch/North Branch, Minnesota, Beth Walter Honadle; 9. Des Moines/Polk County, Iowa, Paul Coates and Alfred Ho; 10. Augusta/Richmond County, Georgia, Richard W. Campbell, William L. Gillespie, and Dan Durning; 11. Wilmington/New Hanover County, North Carolina, Gary Alan Johnson; 12. Knoxville/Knox County, Tennessee, Anthony Nownes and David J. Houston; 13. Kansas City/Wyandotte County, Kansas, Suzanne M. Leland; 14. Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky, H.V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel; 15. Conclusions, Suzanne M. Leland and Kurt Thurmaier
Biography
Suzanne M. Leland, Kurt M. Thurmaier
