The Urge to Merge: The Merger of Lexington’s City and Fayette County’s Governments (2021)

<p>Mariam and Wayne discuss the history of Lexington &amp; Fayette County’s merged governments, one of only fifteen merged city-county governments in the United States. They discuss how and why the merger was planned, how it was enacted, and briefly touch on Lexington’s famous mayoral race, known as the “Spider Election”, of 1973.</p>