County Government: A Guide to Efficient and Accountable Government Book

	Figures and Tables
	Acknowledgments
	Preface
Pt. I	County government: An Overview	1
1	Counties in the American Political System	3
App. A	Should County Government Which Predates Statehood Be Granted Greater Legal Standing?	25
App. B	Corruption in County Government: More Past than Present	26
App. C	The March Against Intimidation: Free Speech and Dollars	28
App. D	County Elections: Some Require Federal Preclearance	29
App. E	The Battle Over Rateables	30
App. F	The Chippewa, Tax Immunity, and County Government	32
App. G	Contracting Out: Waste, Free Speech, and Commerce	33
2	Issues in County Government: Revenue Limitations, Rural Counties, and County Reform	35
3	Toward the Next Millennium	77
	Works Cited	81
Pt. II	The Union County Plan: Achieving Efficiency and Accountability through Charter Revision	85
	Preface	87
1	Summary of Findings and Recommendations	91
2	Introduction	95
3	Present Problems and Future Challenges	99
4	Union County's Options	105
5	A Proposed Form of Government for the Future	117
6	Effectiveness and Economy of the Commission's Recommendations	127
App. A	A Plan of Action for an Orderly Transition	133
App. B	Administrative Code Recommendations	135
App. C	Schedule of Meetings Held by the Union County Charter Study Commission	139
App. D	Statistical Tables	143
App. E	The Proposed Charter	147
Supplement A	The Right to Vote on Taxes Act: Proposition 218	171
Supplement B	An Approach to the Resolution of Public Land Disputes	179
	Bibliography	185
	Index	193