City of Lancaster v. Fairfield County Budget Commission

Lancaster is convinced that the General Assembly could not have intended that Columbus, with far fewer citizens to be affected by a decision relating to.Fairfield County than Lancaster, have such a significant say in that county’s financial affairs. But, because the words used by the General Assembly are only understandable as disfavoring Lancaster’s position, this court must apply those words without assessing Lancaster’s public policy concerns.

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In its first proposition of law, Lancaster argues that the phrase “the legislative authority of the city, located wholly or partially in the county,…