Reply #22: Exactly. Politics is always more corrupt at the local level. That's the First Law of Politics.

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This is why the Repugs are always so eager to "turn control over to the states". Remember those Reagan-era "block grants"?

When corruption occurs at the national level, there are that many more watchdogs ready to bark. At least until Repug owners and publishers bought them out and muzzled them.