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Some commissioners saw Stewart’s bill as a betrayal, interfering with home rule, the county’s top legislative priority.
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Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
Outright repeal of home rule is not out of the question.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
In conservative Collier County, two hours due west of Miami and subject to similar temperatures, Commissioner Bill McDaniel wondered at why the law got rid of home rule on a subject that just one county in Florida had passed restrictions on.
—Kate Cimini, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
India had contributed massively to the war effort, and in exchange, Indian political leaders hoped for substantive steps toward home rule.
—Maya Jasanoff, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
Outright repeal of home rule is not out of the question.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
In conservative Collier County, two hours due west of Miami and subject to similar temperatures, Commissioner Bill McDaniel wondered at why the law got rid of home rule on a subject that just one county in Florida had passed restrictions on.
—Kate Cimini, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
India had contributed massively to the war effort, and in exchange, Indian political leaders hoped for substantive steps toward home rule.
—Maya Jasanoff, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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