This was after a great deal of lobbying by the Maricopa County Sports Authority, a local group formed to preserve Cactus League spring training in Arizona and eventually secure a Major League franchise for the state.

In 1899, as part of a reform of local government in the County of London, the various parishes in London were reorganised as new entities, the ' metropolitan boroughs '.

The plaza was the site of many benefit concerts at which Bo Diddley performed during his lifetime to raise awareness about the plight of the homeless in Alachua County, and to raise money for local charities, including the Red Cross.

Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, the library, roads, public transport, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the South Western Ambulance Service.

" At that time, and in response to a European Council report highlighting Ireland as the most centralised country in the European Union, it was decided that a single County Dublin was unmanageable and undemocratic from a local government perspective.

Cadillac and Wexford County jointly operate a local public bus service.

At the upper tier of local government Dartmouth and Kingswear Electoral Division elects one member to Devon County Council.

Although Gerry does not seem to have been directly involved in the drafting of the district, the shape of one of the districts ( not far from his home in Essex County ) resembled a salamander, leading a local Federalist newspaper to print a political cartoon calling it a " Gerry-mander ".

Reform of the local government arrangements in the County of London and its environs was again considered by the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.

In the Georgian era, patronage of such seaside places ( such as nearby Brighton ) gave it a new lease of life so that, when the time came with the reform of English local government in 1888, Hastings became a County Borough, responsible for all its local services, independent of the surrounding county, then Sussex ( East ); less than one hundred years later, in 1974, that status was abolished.

Hastings Borough Council is now in the second tier of local government, below East Sussex County Council.

It became something of a local joke to refer to the new arrivals from Indiana as " hoosiers ", and before long, anyone from the rural edges of St. Louis County was considered such.

With hostilities underway, Hanson chaired the Frederick County committee of observation, part of the Patriot organization that assumed control of local governance.

William worked for Leicester County Borough Council as a gardener and Elsie worked in the local footwear industry until tuberculosis cost her a lung.

The London Passenger Transport Act 1933 removed responsibility for of tram route from the London County Council, three county boroughs and a number of other local authorities in the Greater London area.

In 1833, Missouri settlers, alarmed by the rapid influx of Mormons, expelled them from Jackson County into the nearby Clay County, where local residents took them in.

* 1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The " Regulators ", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.

The more visited eastern part of the park is managed by Narok County Council and the western part, known as the Mara Triangle, by the Trans-Mara county council, which is contracting management to the Mara Conservancy, a local nonprofit organization formed by the local Maasai that contains several anti-poaching units.

* County of Perth, or Perthshire, a registration county, and formerly a local government county, from 1890 to 1975

Some local Presbyterian churches, such as Briery in Prince Edward County, owned slaves.

MSP Alex Johnstone wrote " Clearly, the Declaration of Arbroath is a literary work of outstanding universal significance by any stretch of the imagination " In 2008, the Campaign Group Chairman, Councillor Jim Millar launched a public petition to reinforce the bid explaining " We're simply asking people to, local people especially, to sign up to the campaign to have the Declaration of Arbroath and Arbroath Abbey recognised by the United Nations.

Councillors unseated included the veteran Steve Mama ( Labour ), Kingston's longest serving Councillor ; the Conservative election campaign co-ordinator Nick Kilby from his previously safe Surbiton Hill ward ; and Paul Johnston, the former local Conservative Association chairman and trustee.

In November 2007, Bexley Council marked Thamesmead's 40th birthday with a motion proposed by local Councillor David Leaf and seconded by Councillor John Davey.

In 1992 a group of local people, led by local Councillor Nigel Betts, revived the old Memorial Hall Trust which was set up in 1921.

As of 2011 the Ward is represented by Councillor John Gavin, a member of the local Conservative Party.

As of the 2011 elections it is represented by Councillor John Galvin, a member of the local Conservative Party.

If any vacancy occurs during the four-year term 10 local parishioners from the relevant ward can require a by-election to be held, otherwise the other Town Councillors can co-opt an eligible person to be a Councillor.

Councillor Debra Storr stood down at the 2012 Scottish local elections to concentrate on her professional career.

* Chamber Councillor: granted for successful officials in the field of local government

Councillor David Miller ran for Mayor on a platform to stop the building of the bridge, a position supported by Community Air and other local community groups.

As a City Councillor, Ngo worked to help members of the Vietnamese community and after arranging for Adler to invest $ 1 million, led the redevelopment of the local community centre, the Mekong Club.

The Kinlochleven Community Trust, a partnership consisting of the local community, ( Rio Tinto ) Alcan, Lochaber Enterprise, Highland Council and Scottish Natural Heritage, supported by other agencies in Scotland and the European Union and chaired by Highland Councillor Drew McFarlane-Slack led the economic revival of the village.

* 2008 Liberal Democrats lose overall control of city on 1 May in local elections, however a midnight defection of an Independent ( Former Labour ) Councillor gives them a majority of 1.

Prior to being elected as an MP, John Denham served as a local Councillor, initially as a member of the Hampshire County Council in 1981, where he remained until 1989 when he was elected as a councillor on Southampton City Council, on which he served until 1993 and was the Chairman of the City's Housing Committee.

He forged a career in training and personnel development, in parallel with his political activity in the Labour Party and as a local Councillor.

She was elected as a local councillor to South Glamorgan Council between 1985 and 1997, and was a Cardiff City Councillor from 1995.

Three other local Labour members were also expelled ; Clarke's running mate in the election, Peter Evans, also a previous Borough Councillor ; John Dickie, a former Labour leader of the Borough Council ; and a second former Labour leader of the Borough Council, Geoff Howes.

Moore became active in local Conservative politics and was elected to serve as a Councillor in the Borough of Merton in 1971.

Immediately following the local government election in May 2006, Coleman successfully proposed a vote of no confidence in the Leader of the London Borough of Barnet, Councillor Brian Salinger, causing his replacement as Leader by Councillor Mike Freer.

Lowry is backed by a strong local organisation in Tipperary known informally as " Team Lowry " which consists of 4 County Councillors in North Tipperary, 2 Town Councillors in Thurles and 1 Town Councillor in Templemore.

Boronia was named in 1915 by local Councillor A. E. Chandler ( prior to this, Boronia was considered part of Bayswater ).