The local governments face the same problems as the national, but on a micro level. Gangs, guns, drugs, prostitution, bad roads, overloaded jails, water problems with green spaces, development spreading, attracting industry.
F. Jessup has written: 'Local government in outline' 'Problems of local government in England and Wales'
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They can't adhere to local problems and carry out in helping the problem. If the State government got involved it would not really matter to them.
Local town and city departments manage sanitation much better than a higher level of government can. The local government is closer to the sanitation problems and is more answerable to the local population then a higher level would be.
D.N King has written: 'Problems with local government and finance'
The make people aware of childhood hunger people can write the local government and ask to government assistance in solving the problems. One can also sponsor a local food drive and donate food to local food banks.
The importance of a local government is that such a body is in close touch with what the people living in a given area need. Local government can respond more quickly to problems and can create rapid solution on a much smaller scale than can state or federal-level governments.
James Eugene MacColl has written: 'Some management problems in local government'
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The difference between local government and local self government is that local government has a more limited scope of power. Local self government is able to make more decisions.
Local government in the United states is less directly answerable to the national government than is local government in Britain.
Shay's Rebellion revealed that a stronger government was needed. It also brought about fears that local government was becoming too powerful.