Post by the Scribe on May 18, 2022 10:45:29 GMT
It's not just voting and Covid: How red states are overriding their blue cities
www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/politics/red-states-blue-cities-counties/index.html
Ronald Brownstein
Analysis by Ronald Brownstein
Updated 12:47 AM ET, Tue June 8, 2021
(CNN)Republican-controlled states have escalated their offensive against Democratic-controlled cities and counties this year to unprecedented heights, further deepening the trench between red and blue America.
From Key West, Florida, to Bozeman, Montana, from Atlanta to Houston, local communities predominantly governed by Democrats have seen more of their policy decisions overridden by Republican legislatures and governors.