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Our local governments are already right-sized.
Fact:   According to 2010 U.S. Census data, the average local government in the country serves 7,724 citizens and is responsible for an area of 90.6 square miles.  For our approximately 2,100 citizens living in an area of about 3.5 square miles, we have not one, but two municipal governments... and all the expense and duplication that goes with this double-government model.  How can anyone seriously suggest our current double-government is right-sized?