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governments Local and metropolitan areas Local government 1. Minicipal forms of organization i. General and specific 2. How local officeholders are elected ii. General and specific Metropolitan areas 1. What they are 2. How/why they form 3. Options for governance 4 ways city government can be organized 1. Mayor council Strong mayor Weak mayor 2. Council manager 3. Commission 4. Town meeting 10-3 on page 377 #3 commission system Executive, legislative and administrative powers are vested in elected city commissioners Like county commission system Uncommon (2%) #4 town meeting Form of government where a meeting of all residents is convened with full legislative authority. Low participation is a major disadvantage. In order of popularity 1.Council manager 2. mayor council %42 3. town meeting 4. commission system College station Bryan o Both are council manager systems. City council elections At-large vs. district elections o At large: council-members elected by all of the voters in a community o District: council members elected by voters in geographically defined districts (aka wards) o Mixed or hybrid system: some chosen at large, others chosen in districts. Advantages/disadvantages Electing the mayor Directly elected mayor. o Has the advantage of being selectively responsive to voters. Indirectly elected mayor Appointed mayor, least common Electing councils and mayors in texas City councils o At large by place most common o Most big cities elect some by district Mayors o 91% elected directly o 9% (23 council manager cities) elected by council Electing councils and mayors in Texas City councils o At large Mayoral elections in college station and Bryan texas Mayors are directly elected in both cities Mayor ben white and mark conlee College Station city council elections Bryan city council elections Partisanship & local elections Non-partisan are elections elections in which candidates' names appear on a ballot without indication of their party affiliation. 76% of US cities use non-partisan elections. More common council-manager cities than mayor council cities. Metropolitan areas Is there a missing level of government and why should you care? Missing government Metropolitan area o A populous region typically comprised of a city and surrounding communities having a high degree of social and economic integration. Is college station a part of MSA? MSA = Metropolitan Statistical area Causes of growth of metro areas Zoning laws o Use o Density Efforts by developers to avoid regulation Vicious cycle of a car dependency Fragmented regulation of land use Is sprawl bad? Traffic congestion Smog (air pollution) De facto race and class segregation o Disparity in public services Options for metropolitan governance Regional governments Regional councils Metropolitan planning organization City-county consolidation Annexation Ch 4 participation (15 ?s) Forms of political participation Characteristics of voters High turnout v. low turnout states - and why matters Political culture: types, concept and Importance Role of state government in elections conduct and restriction Direct democracy forms Participation by underrepresented groups Chapter 11: metropolitics (8 ?s) How to fill govt gap Characteristics of metropolitan areas How and why form Options/solutions Tiebout model Chapter 5 (17 ?s) Definitions and evolution Nomination procedures Changing patterns of a party competition Why competition matters for policy making Third (minor) parties Interest groups Chapter 10 local govt (12 ?s) 3 typers of local govt and function How local relate to state/national govt Forms of municipal organization and advantages and disadvantages of each How local officeholders are elected Local govt in texas
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