Across America, citizens have been opposing actions taken by their local governments, often getting booted out of the meetings, a questionable violation of the First Amendment. Many years ago, it was the practice of citizens to address the city council and express how they wanted their city to be managed; the city basically took directions from citizen input. No longer is this the case; it has now flipped, where cities are operating as a loose cannon with no adherence to the concept that they derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. There are reasons this has happened.
Across America, cities belong to organizations with various names such as “association of”, “league of”, or “municipal association”. For example, in Arizona, it is the League of Arizona Cities & Towns, in Missouri is the Missouri Municipal League, in Idaho is the Association of Idaho Cities, and in Georgia is the Georgia Municipal Association. The point is, in each state, there is usually a statewide group in which cities belong that is very influential about issues and how they are managed.
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