POS-3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Fire Alarm System, Direct Democracy, Ex-Ante
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Dillon"s rule: concept about the nature of local government powers (or municipal corporations ) from john f. dillon, scholar and judge, circa 1872. Whereas states may be seen as having powers beyond those listed in the us constitution, local governments have only those powers explicitly granted to them by a state. Cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are thus legal entities created by their states: aka the ability of the states to determine local government structures. Strong-mayor-council system: mayor-council government (more powerful mayor, mayor is directly elected and has voiced levels of formal power, in this case, the mayor has chief powers. Progressive era: progressive era reformers 1900-1920, bipartisan, progressive era pushed for non-partisan elections, this came about to clean up the government. Pendleton act: 1883 pendleton act required that a certain % of government must have merit. It then trickled to state/local government: this made it more difficult for politicians to place their supporter"s in federal government jobs.
