Georgetown city officials and their lobbyists, the Texas Municipal League, are vigorously fighting efforts within the Texas Legislature to place reasonable limits on cities and county's ability to raise property taxes without an automatic vote of taxpayers, or imposing local rules that inhibit business operations across local government boundaries. There are many other examples ranging from plastic bags to fracking.
Gov. Greg Abbott raised many eyebrows last week when he threw his support behind a "broad-based law" that pre-empts local regulations, a remark that did anything but calm the already contentious local control battles at the Texas Capitol. On Monday, Abbott held firm in his belief that the U.S. Constitution is the "predominant doctrine" when it comes to local control, citing the 10th Amendment's delegation of power that is not given to the federal government to the states and the people — not the cities, the governor noted.
It is worth repeating that the U.S. Constitution delegates governing authority to the states and the people, not to city, county or special districts.
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