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The Politics of City-County Merger: The Lexington-Fayette County Experience

The Politics of City-County Merger: The Lexington-Fayette County Experience - Paperback

by W. E. Lyons
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Availability:In StockContributor:W. E. LyonsPublish date:7/15/2014Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813153339ISBN-10:813153336UPC:9780813153339Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American Government, Public Affairs & Administration, ConstitutionsBook Topic:LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCA7SP5MG9
Although city-county consolidation has been urged for years as a solution for many urban problems, relatively few communities have come to the point of offering such an option to the voters and in most of the communities that have done so, the voters have rejected the idea. In 1972 the voters of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky, approved consolidation by a better than two-to- one margin. W. E. Lyons examines this victory for consolidation, comparing the Lexington setting with other places
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813153339ISBN-10:813153336UPC:9780813153339Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American Government, Public Affairs & Administration, ConstitutionsBook Topic:LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCA7SP5MG9

W. E. Lyons is professor of political science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. He served as chairman of the Lexington-Fayette County Merger Commission, the body that drafted the charter for the new consolidated government. He is at present a member of the Urban County Council, representing the Eighth District.


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