Good article @benfarmer. You are correct we each are our own one person government and we need to get back to localization. After the individual probably comes the precinct level and I don't even know who my city council or who my county commissioner is which are both elected at the precinct levels and that is sad. I am sure I am not alone and it is my own fault for not knowing who represents me, but it is also my representatives fault that I don't know who they are, but mostly mine. We should all take the time to find out who is actually representing us at the lowest levels and get involved there first and work our way up. Is that the only recommendation that we are promoting?