[Talk-us] admin_level and COGs, MPOs, SPDs, Home Rule

[Greg Troxel]

Anthony Costanzo <acjames28 at gmail.com> writes:

> county. CT's counties have no associated government (anymore) but they
> are still commonly used for statistical purposes and they still have
> cultural relevance as well - you will hear references in casual
> conversations to Fairfield and Litchfield counties. Meanwhile ask any
> Connecticutter what COG they live in and most of them will probably
> answer "what's a COG".

(t's nice to hear from someone in CT, as I have not really understood
things there, expect that it's obvious that the National Weather Service
thinks countries still exist.)

Do you, as a CT resident, have to put down your county of residence on
any government paperwork, either state or federal?

Or is there some notion that if a federal form asks for your county, you
can answer "That's a ridiculous question - CT has no counties" and that
is considered an OK answer?

Do state forms uniformly decline to ask the question about county?

How does jury duty work?  When you are called, how are you sorted into
which courts you might ahve to go to?  If you only have to go to courts
near you, vs the whole state, does that region align with historical
county boundaries?

Does the federal government believe that there are no counties?  Are CT
counties represented on the National Map and in the federal GIS
databases?

Does the state of Connecticut publish maps or geodaata, and do they
think counties exist as an administrative thing between state and town?


(In MA, you are expected to put down a county, and jury duty is along
county lines - but we already established that MA still has counties
after talking about district attorneys, sherriffs etc.)