Red County, Blue State: Home Rule Podcast Series #1

This is copied from the Substack Red County, Blue State

https://esuyat.substack.com/p/the-home-rule-series-part-1

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Link To Podcast

This is the first part of a three part series on the Douglas County Commission’s push for Douglas County to move to Home Rule status. This episode lays the foundation for our discussion on Home Rule by providing a general understanding of how government works in Douglas County (including facts that aren’t obvious or on a website) and taking a look at the commissioners who think we should be exempt from state laws that they don’t like. It’s a short podcast so we’re hitting the high points!

A few sources:

Demographics of Douglas County from census.gov

Douglas County 6th wealthiest in the nation

Douglas County budget

Commission responsibilities

Douglas County pledges not to enforce Red Flag Law (2019)