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Explain the concept of picket fence federalism, using an example from local government in your city as a model.
This metaphor from former North Carolina governor Terry Sanford describes the quasi-integration of functions seen in intergovernmental management. Bureaucratic specialists and non-elected officials form the pickets in the fence. These individuals build long-term relationships over time with each other. These relationships are intersected by the elected political officials and political appointees (executive, legislative, and judiciary branches) of the federal, state, and local levels who are the 
crosspieces of the fence. These two structures of the picket fence are frequently at odds with each other.
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1. Explain the concept of picket fence federalism, using an
example from local government in your city as a model.
This metaphor from former North Carolina governor Terry
Sanford describes the quasi-integration of functions seen in
intergovernmental management. Bureaucratic specialists and
non-elected officials form the pickets in the fence. These
individuals build long-term relationships over time with each
other. These relationships are intersected by the elected
political officials and political appointees (executive,
legislative, and judiciary branches) of the federal, state, and
local levels who are the
crosspieces of the fence. These two structures of the picket
fence are frequently at odds with each other.