Tag Archives: local government

Paying the piper: the failure of local government in the Fifty States.

Posted on January 9, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Local government in these States is, at best, a failure.  2022 demonstrated that once more. Indeed, it is far, far worse than the vicious horror that was State and Federal government in 2021 (and again in 2022). And those levels … Continue reading →

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Tyranny is a many-hued thing

Posted on July 14, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

In a suburb of Houston, Texas, an elderly couple is being driven from their home. No, not by BLM or the taxman or local “government” but by their local Homeowners Association (HOA). Why? They committed a crime. What? Enslaving someone … Continue reading →

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Death of a city?

Posted on April 26, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Hopefully. I also hope that the suburbs of the City of Houston experience a MASSIVE building boom as hundreds of businesses close up shop in this pitiful perversion of a government. Especially in Texas. Why? Apparently (according to this ABC … Continue reading →

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Can State legislatures be “reformed” or even “restored” to better ways?

Posted on March 3, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

From ideas by Ari Armstrong Bad as the US Congress and the House of Commons in London, Ottawa, and Canberra are, many State and provincial legislatures are just as bad. We can argue that some (California and Ontario come to … Continue reading →

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… on our knees before our “betters”

Posted on July 25, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Municipal and county officials are often incredibly arrogant. For every customer service representative or equipment operator or even police officer who is friendly, helpful, courteous and encouraging? There seem to be two or three who are arrogant, condescending, sniffing out … Continue reading →

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Beer flu, pandemic panic, and the police power

Posted on June 9, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

We are now fifteen months into the Pandemic Panic, and the greatest expansion of the police power of state and local governments in American history. Why? Not because of any disease, but because of this: This is what the governors, … Continue reading →

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Paying the piper locally

Posted on June 4, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Paying the Piper: The failures of local government in the Fifty States is more and more clear as the 21st Century progresses. And it is the inhabitants of their lands that are paying the piper for these failures. Local government … Continue reading →

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The tyranny of local government, revisited (part 2)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s note: Please feel free to read part 1 from August 2017, and the revisit of that commentary. This commentary was written in 2017, but more has been added [in red italics]. By Nathan Barton I have come to understand … Continue reading →

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The tyranny of local government, revisited (part 1)

Posted on February 25, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Back on the 17th of August, 2017 – three and a half years ago, TPOL published this commentary.  In that time, the truth of the premise has been proven over and over ago.  It is worth sharing again, with a … Continue reading →

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Revolution spreading?

Posted on January 8, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Back in the 1770s, the tax revolt against Parliament and King George did not instantly flare up in even half-a-dozen colonies, but rather started in a few places and spread from there. That was not entirely due to poor communications … Continue reading →

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