1. “Commissioners are responsible for (1) overseeing the county's management and administration, (2) representing county interests at the state and federal level, (3) participating in long-range planning, (4)and managing the county budget and finances.”
2. The chief elected official, commonly called the mayor. The mayor can be elected directly or appointed by an elected council
3. The legislative branch consists of the House of Representatives and the senate which collectively is called the congress
4. The executive branch is made up of the president, the Vice President, and the cabinet
5. An ordinance is a local law for that city.
Because a lot of people were not subject to it and so they werent taxed
Guam, Texas, parts of mexico, cuba (for a bit), philipines until after ww2, puerto rica, us virgin islands and I think that's it
People started moving towards the South in the second half of the 20th century mostly for economic reasons. Southern states had cheaper standards of living and you could find a home easier and a job. The expenses were not as high as they were in the northern countries, mostly those in the north eastern part of the US.
