Municipalities are the cornerstone of our government structure.
But they are often dramatically affected by decisions made at a higher government level. That is certainly true of the federal government's impact on cities and towns throughout our country. Two dramatic examples in which well-intentioned federal policy has resulted in unintended consequences on the local level come to mind. First, the opposition to taxing goods and services provided over the Internet. And second, the Fair Housing Law's stranglehold on a community's ability to regulate where group homes are located.