Contracting out to private companies always leads to cheaper and more efficient delivery of public goods and services.

In some Midwestern states, ______ are geographical subdivisions of counties with little power.

A ______ tends to be the most politically powerful and influential form of local government.

A core urban area of 50,000 or more people together with adjacent counties with predominantly urban populations is known as a ________.

Critics of gentrification often point to all of the following EXCEPT ___.

Those favoring localism might also argue that fragmented governments offer larger numbers of people the opportunity to _____.

______ are public grants that can be used to enroll children in any accredited school, including private and parochial schools.

The most common way that governments are consolidated is through _____.

School boards are in charge of hiring who?

The authority of the ______ is extremely limited.