Long Thompson: Be Cautious With Local Government Reforms

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(UNDATED) - Proceed cautiously…that’s the way Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson thinks the state legislature should deal with the local government streamlining recommendations of the Shepard-Kernan Commission.

Long Thompson says she comes from a rural county and local government works well there. She says lawmakers don't need to approach it from a "one size, fits all" mindset.

Long Thompson says the commission put a lot of its recommendations together with little input from local elected leaders.

Among the recommendations by the commission...doing away with county commissioners and replacing them with one elected county executive and forcing smaller school systems with less than 2,000 students to merge.

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