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| Common Characteristics of local Govt |
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| All exist as part of state gov. |
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| History and function of county |
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PERFORM AT LEAST 6 BASIC FUNCTIONS FOR STATE
- key agents of program implementation
- accesibility; brings st govt closer to people
- operates courts
- maintain vital records
- collect funds for state
-conduct elections
- enforce health regs,
- build and maintain roads
- misc such as sewage water, hospitals, airports, libraries etc |
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the principle that regardless of the type of local gov., all local govs are creatures of the state gov and have only those powers specifically granted to them by the state
- local no inher sov- dependent on state |
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| Role of property and sales taxes |
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Weak- Mayor council
Strong- Mayor council, city council manager |
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AT LARGE- everyone gets to vote
SINGLE- only votes if in the district
CUMULATIVE- 15 seats vote however you want |
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| Zoning and planning policies |
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| Legislative body for a county |
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City restricts how you use your property
- residential vs commercial |
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| taking something govt has and selling it to private company(becomes responsible for it) |
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| elections with candidate name and party affiliation on the ballot |
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| govt tactic where they use a financial incentive to change state behavior |
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| Administrative Federalism |
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| establish guidelines they may or may not have sufficient funding but state has to abide (with or without gov funding) |
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| Basis for "merit civil service" |
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| Civil service based on qualifications and training |
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Key agents for program implementation
-offer courts and elections
-collect funds for state
-maintain vital records
-enforce health regs
- build and maintain roads and other infrastructures |
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| local party uses patronage system to buy votes |
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| Houston election for city council |
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| 9 city seats, the rest are at large |
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| Dif between city and county |
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CITY- Flexible, does zoning, citizens
COUNTY - rigid, state, no control over land use, 1 form- commissioners court with county judge |
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| Reasons for city to annex |
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- residence wants annexation
- increase city revenue
- prevent being boxed in
- entice new business' |
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| subject to open meeting, provide single specific funciton, create regs and force of law |
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18+, US citizen resident of the county for 30+ days.
RESTRICTIONS- mentally incapacitated, convicted felon |
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in person or sent through mail not online
Texas- towards bottom of US turnout
18-24worse turnout rate |
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| Can be done for any reasom |
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| GPA clause, literacy tests (not used often), poll tax, white primary |
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| What eliminated voting barriers |
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| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| Barriers used against Hispanics (Voting) |
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| political intimidation, economic harassment |
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| Primaries in Texas- importance? vote necessary? |
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Hybrid between open and closed
Necessary- majority
Importance- most imp bc when gen election come you usually win if you have primary |
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| Current groups with voting issues (snow birds) |
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| college students, military personnel, snow birds(elderly living up north) |
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| Amendments dealing with poll tax |
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| Fed law requires states to allow you to vote(register) when changing/renewing license |
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| person who is currently in office |
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| independent candidate uses to get on ballot |
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| disclosing information to public and other agencies |
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| Doesn't have any party affiliation, but same election rules |
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| Help America Vote Act (HAVA) |
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| streamline election process and standardize election procedures |
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| people cast votes at any given election |
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- voter fatigue- from feeling overwhelmed
- resulting in roll of and straight ticket |
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| Federal Elections Commissions Act- no importance in Texas |
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| Financing of campaigns in TX |
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| privately financed any citizen any group; reps best campaigners |
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| Dev of political parties in TX |
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| Although a two party state, 1 party dominant- Dem- vastly dominated |
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| Models of pol party used in TX |
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We do hybrid.
responsible - electoral model |
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recruit candidates, support by providing logistics, mobilize supporters, provide money
(dont build cohesion btw state party) |
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Blue- republicans(crossover)
Yellow- dems even though worst card |
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| gov official now working for private company |
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| key differences between pol party and IG |
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| more groups the better; wide part and healthy democracy |
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| way too many groups pulling gov in many diff directions |
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| Responsible Party model-df |
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| each party should hold a clear consistent easy to tell differneces |
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| rarely wins to majority, sees few reasons for actively engaging |
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| social interactions, accomplishing something |
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| similar business working together to advocate shared goals |
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| methods used by interest groups to help candidates |
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| lobbying btw state & national and state & state |
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| Politicial Act Committees- fundraising of interesting groups |
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| simulation of local support |
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| attempts by organized interests to influence legislators through public opinion |
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| regulate lobbying in TX (TX Ethic Committee) |
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| not a lot of competition between parties |
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Agenda setting
Policy formulation
Policy adoption
Policy implementation
Policy evaluation |
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Regulatory
Distributive
Redistributive |
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| Effect of not raising motor fuel tax |
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| more toll roads less money for highways |
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Progressive- higher rates of taxation on people with higher incomes
Regressive- taxes that take a disproportianate amount of income from lower incomes; flat tax |
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| Lottery, license, fed gov grants |
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| constitution requires a balanced budget and limits borrowing |
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| Incentives for bus to relocate in TX |
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| tax evadement , subsidies, reduce tax liability |
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| Chief architect of TX budget |
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| Education accountability test/ ACTS |
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| no child left behind, TAKS STAR |
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confirm how much $ available for budget
- how much spent
- make available |
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| largest source of investment income |
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| Race and admission is College |
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| Immigration- cost and benefits |
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- immigrants pay more in sales tax and fees than they cost the state
- local govs pay more providing services, ind health care and additional law enforcement than they receive taxes |
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| TCEQ- Texas Commisson on Environmental Quality |
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Operating budget that is funded primarily from fees.
Rule making and enforcement of environmental standards |
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| power of govt to provide prob for public use. |
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