Jimmy James
November 1st, 2004, 09:02 AM
Yep, here we go - crazy plans time! It's been a while
I was thinking about this SEQ planning commission that they're starting up and thought it would be a good idea - rather than, for instance, melbourne be made up of 30 local councils, they should cut it down to six or seven and have the whole area controlled by a County Government or Commission.
I've been reading a lot about Counties in the US lately and what I would propose is not the same, the US style is a duplication of government, Counties are set within the states, Cities and Towns are incorporated inside the counties, both have police forces, planning, garbage collection etc, a lot of it makes no sense.
My counties wouldn't be a government as such so much as a planning body and a link to the state government. They would be an arm of the state and they would be able to allocate state funds for Health, Education, Transport and Policing. They would exist to report Local Issues to State Governments.
I'll give you a
I was thinking about this SEQ planning commission that they're starting up and thought it would be a good idea - rather than, for instance, melbourne be made up of 30 local councils, they should cut it down to six or seven and have the whole area controlled by a County Government or Commission.
I've been reading a lot about Counties in the US lately and what I would propose is not the same, the US style is a duplication of government, Counties are set within the states, Cities and Towns are incorporated inside the counties, both have police forces, planning, garbage collection etc, a lot of it makes no sense.
My counties wouldn't be a government as such so much as a planning body and a link to the state government. They would be an arm of the state and they would be able to allocate state funds for Health, Education, Transport and Policing. They would exist to report Local Issues to State Governments.
I'll give you a