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Planning for Energy Independence: An Overview of the 2009 Energy Independent Communities Planning Grant Program

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05/24/10 New York Times Article on Local Government Consolidation

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:33am — Executive Director

Hard Times Spur Ideas for Change

By MONICA DAVEY

New York Times, Published: May 24, 2010

As states around the country gird for another grim budget year, more leaders have begun to talk not of nipping, not of tucking, but, in essence, of turning government upside down and starting over. Ever growing is the list of states, municipalities and agencies with blue ribbon committees aimed at reconsidering what government should be.

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Note: article mentions Pewaukee contracting with the County for police services.