It's a symptom of captured large government in the US. The smaller 25k person town I live in doesn't nearly have the same issues. We've managed to put up new s

It's a symptom of captured large government in the US. The smaller 25k person town I live in doesn't nearly have the same issues. We've managed to put up new school buildings the last couple of years with not too much fuss and on budget. On the other hand, the town is relatively well off and there is seemingly good community participation.