That's a double-edged sword. Consider what "local control" would look like where I live. They'd make cutting any tree require an outrageously expensive permit and then burn us out just like they did in Tahoe.
My local nazis don’t like trees... they ruin the view.
They tried to take my 50+ year old dwarf pine tree from my front yard. Anything taller than 36 inches is prohibido... unless you get all the neighbors to sign a petition and go fight the city council. I won the last round.
Thus, on goes the Demoleftist ruling political class perpetual process of rewarding their supporters and punishing anyone that even questions ANYTHING they are doing!!! The Sacramento BEE features some of this SACOG doings on it's front page above the fold, today!!!
A County Supervisor from Placer County is filling in for Tom Sullivan on KFBK as I type this and is discussing this very subject!!! Right Now!!!
And thanks for not cutting me off at the knees for that last reply that I posted AFTER freedomdefender posted his/her reply that kinda irritated you. If I'd seen that before posting, I'da probably scrapped that long winded reply of mine... Well, no, I don't think so because I wasn't really being confrontational with your comment and certainly not with you.
We've discussed all this before, privately and I have a pretty good understanding of you thinking and don't argue too hard with most of it.