Which of the following is NOT true of state and municipal governments in Mexico?

a. Most municipal governments tend to rely upon funds from the central government.
b. Municipal and state governments suffer from the lack of well-paid and well-trained public officials.
c. Many jobs at these levels are distributed through political patronage.
d. State and municipal governments have traditionally had a substantial level of authority in the Mexican federal system although this power is being threatened by federal efforts to centralize power to better fight against local corruption.
e. Since 1989, politics at the state and municipal levels have become politically competitive with opposition parties gaining control of these levels of government.

d