Well, local governments are smaller governments.
And an individual has more say in a smaller government, and therefore more self-determinism.
An individual in a municipality of population 200 has way more potential to influence government than an individual in a municipality of size 200,000.
That’s why I don’t see your support for state control as consistent with your view of smaller government.
I think most observers would notice that irony.
But you are saying your desire for lower taxes outweighs your preferences for smaller government, stated for example: