POLS 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sales Tax, Secret Ballot, Spoils System
30 Dec 2018
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Dillon"s rule: 1868 (iowa"s john dillion) local gov"t powers are: The authority of a local gov"t to prevent state gov"t intervention with its operations. It"s power is defined by state constitutions and statutes. To assist state gov"t in administrative and legislative tasks. Legislative - power to tax, create policies to affect only our jurisdiction. Philadelphia has a lot of loopholes to escape property and corporate. Sales tax hurts lower income people more. Most of their budget comes from property taxes. Counties (parishes in la; boroughs in ak) We vote for them and they have a specific job. Often full time and paid with significant administrative and budgetary authority. A number of people with equal powers with one another. Spoils system - if you help me get elected i"ll hook you up. It allowed mayors to push through unpopular legislature. There were several structures to break up mayor council system. Under 100k people found it worked best.
