Fair point, although I think federal government has been utterly insane well past normal bureaucratic tie-ups for some time now. But yeah, shit can also be greased through before anyone knows what's happening.

"You can get shit done on the town and state levels in a way that just isn't possible when you need the approval of people from across the country."

Ha! I did not get that at all but that is some excellent dirty jokeitude.

"Personally, I'd prefer to pit Ben against her. He's not heartless in
his conservatism, so she's actually have to address the idea that local
government has capacity constraints."

Hoo boy, that realization seemed to open the door to some ugly paternal/saint-like justifications for government. It would definitely be interesting to follow it up but I thought politically it was easily the worst episode of the show.

Heh, do you coldly stare down the city auditor when he starts cracking wise about "Bonds. Municipal bonds?"

Yeah, this gets to the root of my Jamm misuse problem — Jamm-esque guys are more than capable of abusing the system as it is, they don't need help like this. Anyway you and @avclub-416bc7d1d13438fc545ee4d762ba2bc4:disqus and @pigpen23:disqus are making me so happy that other people pay attention to this stuff on the…

Eh, the show's talked up his gold in the past so the vast, vast, vast (vast!) fortune doesn't bug me. And I'm obviously commenting on an internet message board right now but the idea of "dropping off the grid" has a lot of appeal to me. Connections mean lack of control (as…

"He has literally no motive other than "I'm a dick!", and he's not
well-defined enough to be satirizing anything. I don't find his antics
funny, I find them annoying and unpleasant to watch, because they're
grounded in absolutely nothing."

Yes, but if Eagletonians have large estates and numerous industry, that adds to the tax base, and you can slash the hell out of their services now that they're under your watch. The debt can be borrowed/paid for via Pawnee's no doubt stellar AAA rating. But yeah, absolutely the state should've chucked Eagleton into…

Donna is of course great and so is Amy Poehler but man, I've been tired of Leslie being an overbearing righteous steamroller for some time. The employees always bitch about the boss! How is this surprising? It's one of the first things a boss should realize and then ignore as long as shit gets done*. And of course we…

I have said it before and will keep saying it — Rob Lowe taking his talents to Michigan or wherever is going to leave a huge hole in the show.

You are overthinking it. It is the idiocy of not just making the scandal "Twittergate"* that makes the joke.

Probably my biggest laugh of the episode. That's "Krudler" level material.

Did not get that until just now. Nice.

See, all of your reasons are great evil dick reasons, which is why his cartoonishness isn't entirely necessary in my view. Still waiting for the Leslie-level antagonist (although that could be Leslie herself). Regardless, as stated above I like Jamm (and Glaser) quite a bit.

Hey, I just watched that episode tonight! There's a line about how Eagleton collapsing would have a huge negative effect on the entire region, which isn't elaborated on and doesn't make a ton of sense but I was willing to accept it as a handwave. For Pawnee, the short term losses would be substantial but on the other…

I like Jamm quite a bit and think he's been misused more than a bad character. He was pretty good here. But

Fuck you Sean, you owe me a beer.

Feh, "likes." When something was good in those days, like "when you someone eat it," we'd meme the bastard! That's how you knew it was worth reading! Now you kids today just click your upvote buttons and think that's a…sorry, I think I've been infected by reading the Andy Rooney Newswire linked above.