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Originally Posted by Pavlov's Dog
I imagine there can be some major benefits from more efficient use of resources.
Let's say you have 10 towns with 10,000 people and they each have their own police departments, fire departments, school districts, libraries etc. On top of that you have a county level with some services. If you were to merge the county and all of its 10 towns you can cut a lot of administrative fat and natural cost overlap while at the same time providing constituents with better services at a lower cost.
Its kind of ironic that in a country with such a strong anti-tax and anti-government sentiment we have so many microscopic governmental entities with wasteful allocation of resources.
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Jacksonville FL merged with Duval County government many decades ago.
Many small cities contract with their countys for policing by the Sheriff's office, etc.
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