Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

I've always believed in local government.

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.

A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. It's like walking through the back of a cupboard into a really dull Narnia.

We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like it to work.