ya wanna point that out?

Post #194,701 by daemon 2/14/05 10:33:46 PM Reply	ya wanna point that out? the specific part that sez local governments (not the feds) cannot fund any religious organizations? Wanna buy a bridge across the St Lawrence, hardly used and the income is pretty good. regards, daemon "I am not scared of al Qaeda, I am scared of fucking al Cracker sayeth Chris Rock
Post #194,702 by jake123 2/14/05 10:54:05 PM Reply	Ah, local. That could be different. Are local govs creatures of the state level, or are they truly an independent level of government? --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #194,703 by Another Scott 2/14/05 11:05:35 PM Reply	They're independent. But they are constrained ... by the Constitution too through the 14th Amendment and the interpretation of the Supreme Court. More at the [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment\|Wikipedia]. Cheers, Scott.
Post #194,752 by ubernostrum 2/15/05 10:52:39 AM Reply	And remember that this is Virginia. All the local levels are answerable to the state government. \r\n\r\n But... \r\n\r\n The Commonwealth of Virginia is the only place in the US which makes common practice of having independent cities, so it'll be interesting to see how jurisdictional issues play out in any legal challenges. For example, some of the kids involved apparently live in Staunton -- which is an independent city -- but any of them who are outside the city limits (say, in a neighboring town) instead have to deal with the government of Augusta County. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird? \r\n[link\|http://www.shtuff.us/\|shtuff]

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