The news of the Supreme Court pronouncement on the financial relationship between state governments and local governments hit everyone like a thunderbolt—the various tiers of government and public affairs enthusiasts, those who pre-occupy themselves with public affairs. Private citizens who occasionally reflect on matters of this nature only in their closets because of its over-arching implications cannot be indifferent. The judgment is seen as weaning off, indeed freeing local governments from the apron strings of the state governments. The Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutional rights and obligations of local governments, rights state governments had glossed over all of the 25
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