User:Looseleif/sandbox

The entry for Alaska is dubious. I don't have access to the State Law, but "Borough" was chosen for a legal meaning that is different than "County". There is a vast "UnIncorperated Bourough" in central Alaska, maybe more than one, and the Lesislature periodically tries to force the few residents to incorporate (probably so the State Government can get out of funding some of the services, like schools). It has been pointed out that the unincorporated areas also have no income to be taxed, especially the high percent of people living a Subsistence lifestyle. (Maybe they could bring in smoked salmon in lieu of taxes? Moose meat?  Wolf skins?) The point is, a Borough has no powers that are not individually voted on in Alaska. No tax powers, no school powers, no library powers, etc. For example, some Kenai Peninsula Borough residents want Animal Control and it has never been voted in. Likewise, Planning and Zoning. (Several incorporated communities/cities in the Borough have adopted Planning and Zoning, but whoa betide the Borough Assembly person who tries to get that ordinance & vote passed for the entire Borough. The state adopts the IRC (International Building Codes standards), and technically the State Fire Marshall enforces them.  For some reason, the Legislature never gives him enough money to do that. He does enforce them at "Places of Assembly", like Schools, Fraternal Organization Clubs like the Eagle,s the Moose, American Legion, and probably restaurants and bars; and churches.          In Illinois, where i lived and work in construction, counties had taxing, school, road, and a host of other powers automatically justLooseleif (talk) 04:11, 27 October 2018 (UTC) by being counties.  Animal control, I'm pretty sure.  Michigan is the same,I'm pretty sure. Sorry. Some one else is going to have to find the References.