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Republicans irk municipal officials by curbing local control. (Wisconsin State Journal, 11/3/2013)
Local control, only when we say so. Some areas where Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature has taken away control from local governments:
- cellphone tower siting
- shoreland zoning restrictions
- landlord-tenant regulations
- public employee residency requirements
- family medical leave rules for private companies
- large soft drink bans
- statewide voucher program
- tight property tax caps on school districts and municipalities
- charter schools (proposed)
- frac sand mining (proposed)
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