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Municipal government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (594 words) |
 | In the United States, "Municipal government" is the technical term used to describe local government at the level of the city, town, or village. |
| In the United States, municipalities such as cities, towns, or villages are the level of local government below that of the county (although many states also have civil townships which are a separate type of government below the county level but distinct from municipalities). |
| Legal: handles all legal matters including writing municipal bonds, verifying the municipality is in compliance with state and federal laws and mandates, and responding to citizen lawsuits where the municipality is a named party. |
| Urban secession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (900 words) |
| Urban secession is a city's secession from its surrounding region, to form a new political unit (usually a state or district or province of the same country as its surroundings, but not always). |
| It is the extreme form of urban autonomy, which can be expressed in less formal terms or with ordinary legislation such as a City Charter. |
| Louis, and all municipalities in Virginia that are incorporated as cities. |
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