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Read the entire article at the Missoulian by Tom Bauer
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“Hess and Slotnick were also critical of several bills that would limit the authority of local governments to enforce certain rules.
Hess said he’s met with mayors around the state on the issue.
“Without fail, from around the state, big city, small city, Republican, Democrat, mayors are pretty uniformly irritated and disgusted with what’s happening to local decision-making,” Hess said. “And I think that we have an opportunity between now and 2025 to really highlight the importance of local decision-making and the really rich, strong tradition of local decision-making in our state’s history. It’s something that we have had for decades and it’s suddenly under threat.”
He said local governments have lost 13 different powers in the last 10 years.
“And there will be many, many more of those by the end of this legislative session,” he explained.
Specifically, he noted, there are a number of bills that would curtail or eliminate Tax Increment Financing… “
