re: #100 EPR-radar

On the other hand, letting the locals do as they please because the corruption is so widespread is hardly an appealing option.

Edited to add: By now, I think the Feds would be more than justified in handing out some serious ultimatums to state and local officials in MO to clean up their act or face having the Feds do it for them.

And how would they do that? It’s a whole legal miasma in play down there, from how towns are established, to how traffic tickets are paid for, to how sales tax revenue is divided. Such matters cannot be simply remade by fiat. They require state legislation, and such legislation would impact on a large amount of social fears and rent-seeking.