What are special districts? Why have they proliferated in Texas? In what ways has their influence been positive and negative?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1. Define special districts as governments that are created by the state to perform a specific function that cannot be performed or performed well by local governments.
2. Explain that special districts have proliferated because government responsibilities have expanded and become more specialized, because some public policy problems span traditional local government borders, because special districts can be less influenced by politics, and because they can easily be created by the state legislature.
3. Explain the benefits of special districts, including that they provide many useful government services.
4. Explain that special districts can also operate in relative obscurity, that few voters know anything about those seeking election or appointment to their boards, and that these factors can make them less democratic.
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