HelmetFire,
yes, your post is stimulating.
Can I go slightly outside the square and refer to burocratic ( I hate that word) procedure.
Pretty much all departments of all jurisdictions (weeds, law, capital works, even aviation) work on a very simple principle.
1) Employ sharp people to come up with good ideas.
2) Invite them to put out to public debate those ideas.
3) Formulate a STRATEGIC plan to deal with the pertinent issues.(lay on the delightful luncheon process during that process)
4) Devise a serious implentation plan to teach every m****** f****** just how they are gunna do things right.
DRUM ROLLl
5) it's now time to call another election and do the same thing again.
What you need to do is fast track to step five. The U.S.A. is not yet in step one mode.
cheers tet