This should be a local decision. The governor has always been a strong supporter of home rule.

The municipal election can get lost in the shuffle.

That's the biggest difference. The ability to fire people and hire your people to take their place.

I've seen just about every variety of change.

School construction is an important part of the growth of a city, and if the City Council — through their planning authority — can't regulate that, I think all the cities might be negatively impacted.

It is new and it is chilling. Because it means we may have a hard time finding firms that won't have a conflict with appearing before city boards, county boards and others.