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Reston, Virginia Has About 65,000 Residents, Its Own Special Tax, and No Government at All.
Reston, Virginia has about 65,000 residents, no mayor, no town council, and a real government-levied property tax with no elected body to answer to at all -- filled instead by a private homeowners' nonprofit. Virginia has 38 independent cities governed the same patchwork way, more than exist in every other US state combined.
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State Courts Handled 67.6 Million Cases in 2023. Federal Courts Handled 921,000. The Supreme Court Heard 73.
State courts handled 67.6 million cases in 2023; federal courts handled 921,000; the Supreme Court heard 73. Reaching it takes a circuit ...
For 56 Years, Disney Ran Its Own Government — Fire Department, Building Codes, Zoning, All of It. The State Took It Back in 2023.
For 56 years, Disney World ran its own local government inside Florida -- its own zoning, building codes, fire department, roads, and uti...
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