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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