The National Association of Towns and Townships (NATaT ) is an American lobbying or advocacy group of officials and employees of small government units across the United States. Based in Washington, DC, it seeks to influence regulators and lawmakers about small-town government operations, and the impact of federal regulations on them.
A major second goal is to inform its members about issues, regulatory changes, and programs that affect them. There are also a series of affiliated groups that operate within a single state. These are usually located in the state capital and have a similar role.
Read more about National Association Of Towns And Townships: State Associations
Famous quotes containing the words national, association and/or towns:
“The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador’s chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“It is not merely the likeness which is precious ... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing ... the fact of the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever! It is the very sanctification of portraits I think—and it is not at all monstrous in me to say ... that I would rather have such a memorial of one I dearly loved, than the noblest Artist’s work ever produced.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
“Haven’t you heard, though,
About the ships where war has found them out
At sea, about the towns where war has come
Through opening clouds at night with droning speed
Further o’erhead than all but stars and angels
And children in the ships and in the towns?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)