Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"Responses like these to local control continue to amaze. As we talked about a month ago, contemporary conservatism is generally committed to the idea that the government that's closest to the people -- literally, geographically -- is best able to respond to the public's needs. As much as possible, officials should try to shift power and resources away to local authorities.

"Except, that is, when communities consider progressive measures Republicans don'€™t like, at which point those principles are quickly thrown out the window."

-- Steve Benen, 2016-03-22 (thanks to twistedchick for linking to this)