Stresses on local government
Abstract
"Missouri has 115 counties or county-type governments, 343 townships, 856 municipalities, and over 1800 special districts, a total of more than 3100 local governmental units. All are creatures of the state, and their powers are only those expressly granted by constitution, statute, or charter. The grant may be for routine governmental services (streets and roads, law enforcement, record keeping, education, tax assessment and collection), for proprietary services (water, electric power, mass transit), or for both. Functions of counties are almost solely governmental in nature. Municipal functions may be both governmental and proprietary. Special purpose districts are generally limited to only one function, which may be of either type. The pressures which operate on local governmental officials are numerous. On any issue one or more groups exert pressures for action in the direction they see as being to their advantage or in their interest. The direction governmental action takes is usually determined by the resultant of these various pressures."--Page 3.
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