Horner: Local governance a widespread problem among jurisdictions across the state

Over 3/4 of jurisdictions said that they have difficulty finding enough residents willing to run for local office. that candidacies when they do find people are often uncontested. And beyond that, they can't find residents that are willing to serve on their jurisdictions, appointed boards or committees like planning commissions or zoning boards of appeals or downtown de development authorities, advisory boards, things like that. So, so this is this is a widespread problem among jurisdictions across the state. However, it's really focused very strongly in some of our smaller and more rural jurisdictions.