Wiger has been active in Ramsey County and metropolitan government.
They all have some form of metropolitan government.
In some areas, metropolitan governments have been formed by municipalities and counties to handle regional problems.
Three subprefectures are formed above the municipalities as branch offices of the metropolitan government.
The Atlanta Regional Commission is so far the closest that the area has come to a metropolitan government.
Any county and its principal city could vote to consolidate themselves into one "metropolitan government", not just the four largest ones.
The metropolitan government began to manage services that crossed municipal boundaries, including highways, water and public transit.
He described the commissioners as "about the worst men" to study the problem of metropolitan government.
Unincorporated areas in the county generally fall under the control of the metropolitan government.
Shinjuku is also the location of the metropolitan government of Tokyo.