[american spirit]

Jeff, do you have any experience with a municipal gov't. that adopts "home rule" status? Our local gov't. is pushing for it and my gut tells me it's a prelude to more annexations under the guise of sustainable development.

[philman_36]

Sustainable Development: How to Make It Work
Most development is still the result of thousands of local decisions made by individual communities about separate projects. Development regulations in the U. S. have traditionally been delegated by the states to local government, and home rule on development issues is strongly established and unlikely to change. Private real-estate investments in separate, competing developments have been the prime mechanism for urban growth; that is not likely to change either.