Why Dillion Ruled City

Up until this week’s readings, I had no clue that there were different rules of governing for different cities and states. Without having to do any research, I knew that Las Vegas was a Dillion ruled city. Why? Political corruption or the idea that political corruption could take place, it’s one of the main reasons why Las Vegas is bounded by the Dillion Rule. The Dillon Rule allows the state to have all or most of the power. Local governments can only do what the state constitution permits or what the state legislatures allows. The Dillon Rule is the reason why southern Nevadans don’t get to decide how, and to what extent we fund or administer our local services. These services include schools, parks, social services and even roads. When it comes to major decisions on …show more content…
I personally feel that the state’s budget from 2009 -2015 was balanced by the sacrifice of the Nevada state employees. During these years, while the recession was at its peak, the state employees suffered. I believe a “shared sacrifice” should have been made by Governor Sandoval so that all Nevadans could have felt the burden equally. The “shared sacrifice” I wanted was the raising of the sales tax or the raising of the hotel tax. In addition, I firmly believe that the Dillon Rule is the reason why we cannot keep good teachers and why the Clark County School District is at the bottom of the barrel in the nation when it comes to education. Some of the questions Nevada citizens should ponder is- Why should the Nevada Legislature be the body who determines whether counties be allowed to raise taxes? Who better to know whether taxes need to be raised than the local entities themselves? Furthermore, I believe that the county should have some control over its revenue sources and more control of its ability to borrow