Recently, there has been an argument in the State of Texas about the power of the State and the local governments. This argument had raised up after Gregg Abbott warned about the “Californization” of Texas, and in follow passing laws that limited the power of local governments on issues like fracking in their cities. These arguments are similar to those that are for the powers for the State versus Federal government. Hence, there are lots of arguments for and against the local control, and on the other hand, it is hypocritical for the state government to impose its will on the policies.
In a conservative state like Texas, these kind of arguments seems unusual, but to maintain power the central government should put restrictions on the local governments. Thus, having these arguments between the central …show more content…
After this failure, the founding fathers gave less power to the people and they even made our Democracy indirect, so that no individual can vote or decide directly. Texas has the same problem, and the legislative are thinking about this issue the same way as the founding fathers looked at it. Giving too much power to the local governments can cost the state their economy. As an example on the November of 2014, Denton banned fracking, and this caused the other cities to follow the step of Denton City to ban the Fracking, but “Oil and gas production is the lifeblood of the Texas economy, yet action on the local level is threatening to undermine the industry.” (Neeley) He also clarifies that the 10th amendment only give powers to the states and not the local governments. This argument suggest that the local governments should never be a “layer of regulation on top of what the state already provides”, and they are “only valuable to the extent that it helps protect individual liberty and good government”
In a conservative state like Texas, these kind of arguments seems unusual, but to maintain power the central government should put restrictions on the local governments. Thus, having these arguments between the central …show more content…
After this failure, the founding fathers gave less power to the people and they even made our Democracy indirect, so that no individual can vote or decide directly. Texas has the same problem, and the legislative are thinking about this issue the same way as the founding fathers looked at it. Giving too much power to the local governments can cost the state their economy. As an example on the November of 2014, Denton banned fracking, and this caused the other cities to follow the step of Denton City to ban the Fracking, but “Oil and gas production is the lifeblood of the Texas economy, yet action on the local level is threatening to undermine the industry.” (Neeley) He also clarifies that the 10th amendment only give powers to the states and not the local governments. This argument suggest that the local governments should never be a “layer of regulation on top of what the state already provides”, and they are “only valuable to the extent that it helps protect individual liberty and good government”