On Local Government: the state of the States has become abundantly clear. It is all about service implosion.

Over the last few weeks, I have spent much of the time on the East Coast. From New York to Virginia, the underbelly of the state of the States has become abundantly clear. It is all about service implosion.Here in California, we naturally focus on our own problems and think it is as bad as government finance can get. We are, in simple terms, pikers.Specifically, the State of New Jersey is the poster child for how not to run a government. Going back through Democratic and Republican admin