He missed the big picture. The mayor of Boston took care of the little things because the mayor of Boston realizes that at a municipal-level, the people hold th

He missed the big picture. The mayor of Boston took care of the little things because the mayor of Boston realizes that at a municipal-level, the people hold their elected officials responsible. Try to hold your congresscritter responsible. You can't. They blame gridlock for anything that doesn't get done, and stake their position on the right side of popular wedge issues to get reelected. This frees them up to be beholden not to the citizens, but to the party and the donors. It's only at the very top and the very bottom that we even give a fuck at what our representatives are doing. That's why state governments are often the most corrupt. They're doing god-knows what down there in the state capitol, and chances are you don't even know their names.