Response: Charles, Jessica
Charles
That is a great point about small local governments not having the resources to provide quality public services. Small communities often face an uphill battle when it comes to providing quality public services due to their limited budgets and resources. However, with a bit of creativity and collaboration, these communities can continue to provide essential high-quality services. One way to do this, as you note, is by establishing a task force or working group consisting of representatives from all related local governments (Broccardo et al., 2019). This is really what we should be seeing at every level of government. By pooling their resources together, these communities can amplify their capacity for public service delivery in many important ways Appio et al., 2019). Plus, this collective approach can also help foster greater inter-governmental understanding and collaboration as local entities come together in pursuit of common goals. Therefore, creating a task force or working group with representatives from all relevant local governments could be a viable option for small communities looking to continue providing quality public...
This can lead to a lack of trust and accountability between the different levels of government, which further complicates the collaboration...
…For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two
lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand hima threefold cord is not quickly broken. In short, collaboration is something that governments should pursue. But they must pursue it in a Christian spirit or else little will be accomplished. No good can be accomplished without God, and to pretend otherwise is to set oneself up for failure. Thus, governments should collaborate but first they must do all for the glory of God and establish…
