plan to reduce crime by increasing police interaction with neighborhood residents
community policing
schools authorized and funded by the state as an alternative to public schools
charter schools
planned protection and guardianship of natural resources
conservation
a community's system of roads, bridges, water, and sewers
infrastructure
principle allowing municipalities to choose their own governing system and manage their own affairs
home rule
a representative elected by the entire area rather than by an individual district
member-at-large
state official with responsibility over elections and the state's official reco rds
secretary of state
officially organized region with a government that provides services to residents
incorporated
federal money awarded to states for state programs
grants -in-aids
the rejection of only a specific part of a bill without rejecting the entire bill
line-item veto
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