Texas has a plural executive, which means that

A) Texas is part of the three branches of government.
B) the governor shares executive power with several other independently elected executives and boards.
C) the institutions of government have a system of checks and balances.
D) the executive branch of government is modeled after that of the executive branch at the national level.

B

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a. elected officials are unable to translate the will of the people into legislation b. the people are unable to convince elected officials of the public good c. it is impossible to translate laws into administrative action with precision and predictability d. administrators are often incompetent and poorly educated

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Conflicts arising over the environment frequently pit local resource users who bear the cost of environmental regulations against which of the following?

A. organized groups looking to take advantage of the resources B. groups looking to drill for oil C. nationally organized environmental constituencies that do not D. neighboring state interest groups that share in the cost of regulations

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