One such community is the Zoque people of San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca state, who took to their online blog to reject the municipal authorities and political parties present in the region and announce the creation of a Community Committee with the aim of defending shared territory and natural resources Our Committee has been created as a result of the alarm and concern we have experienced given the way in which our own local and municipal authorities have sold out to the government of Oaxaca.

Local officials soon began to broaden their attack.

The investigation should not be handled by local authorities.

Local governments are particularly desperate. They have huge debts, which they amortize by rezoning and selling land.

Local governments are particularly desperate.

Local authorities restricted media from reporting on the fire.

Does the Church pay local council tax?

Even the Mexican municipal authorities of Tlahuitoltepec would be subject to paying a required royalty to the French government, according to the coverage

At the local elections held in June, the PRM did poorly.

Local authorities reported that no one was hurt as a result of the incident.

The threat to family assets that follows in the wake of the motorway, they say, has been ignored by the municipality's authorities.

The Ahmadinejad government s popularity has plummeted, as evidenced by recent local election results.

China s large state sector (which accounts for more than 30 of GDP) is usually careless about losses, owing to the soft budget constraints under which they operate.

Local governments are equally careless, often failing to service their debts.

Guglielmi said local, regional and national authorities are helping find the suspects.

As an example he cited the law that makes regional and municipal authorities responsible for interethnic peace on their territory.

As of January 26, the maps also reflect in which regions local authorities have recognized alternative governments created by the protesters.

Additionally, local elections are usually held on the first Thursday in May.

Local authorities must be made truly independent and power divorced from personal interests.

Instead, however, of pressing the own to improve the operation, local government officials arrested the residents.

The major cause cited by the government once again was the refusal of parents to allow the visiting team to administer a vaccination to their children.

Local authorities and the police said the protesters were illegally occupying the road and inconveniencing the public.

With tax revenues collapsing due to falling home prices and incomes, dozens of US municipalities could well go into receivership, as New York City did in the 1970 s.

State and municipal finances are in even worse shape.

Much of the anger at the consequences of gentrification is aimed at local councils.

Others argue that China s government is simply losing its grip over local authorities.

Bloggers in Saudi Arabia have also been vociferous in condemning the local government, as we hear in this post.

Are you from around here?

So the real issue in the forthcoming Duma elections will be how powerfully regional elites confront Putin.

Is it local governments trying to avoid an increase in unemployment associated with the closing down of large enterprises?

Authorities from the region should participate in decisions about where to rebuild bridges and highways.

At the same time, there are also counter arguments saying that local authorities should take the blame.

The Heiltsuk presented their habitat maps to local logging companies, which proved to be more interested than was the province.

Japanese youth achieve the age of majority at age 20, and are feted each January across the country at ceremonies hosted by municipal governments.

Local Crowdsourcing Initiatives

They don't belong here.

We're not from around here.

The natives are very hospitable.

Aren't you from here?

It has been exploring new ways of delivering aid, sometimes using state and local governments where that appears more effective.

Local authorities in Yunnan province, however, are considering damming the Salween in the quake prone upstream region.

The Baram Dam is one of the 12 mega dams that the local government is planning to build in Sarawak.

In Japan, municipalities play an important role in overseeing and administering family law, which includes marriage, domestic partnership, adoption and fostering.

Several major cities and many local governments around the world do not permit circuses with wild animals. Last year, Bolivia became the first country to ban all animals, wild or domestic, from circuses.

In the last six months, there have been national elections in Lebanon and local elections in Saudi Arabia.