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ning District, there is a good chance they can and will be heard.
(5) Providing ^Technical Assistance is certainly another role for Planning District Commissions. The major technical assistance spoken of here is planning assistance.
Another important role1 of Planning District Commissions is that of providing (6) A stronger Decision Making Role for Local Governments. There are some who disagree with the accuracy of this statement. They say the planning district effort weakens local autonomy.
HOWEVER, I disagree with their views and I will tell you why. Today, so many difficult issues face local governments that they cannot deal with, many times they do not attempt to resolve many of the issues. By doing nothing they risk abandoning tlieir autonomy to higher levels of government.
When a specific problem at the local level reaches a certain magnitude, state and/or federal government will step in and do something about it — many times leaving very little de^_ cision-making to the-fcrcaPity.
However, a locality by cooperating^ with and coordinating their efforts
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