Read the whole article at the link. What stood out to me was opportunity - the broad opportunity of yet another angle of "taking back" our government and nation, by citizens stepping up and taking up the slack that they have been content to let someone else (mis)handle up to now. There are a lot of things citizens can handle without requiring multi-million dollar budgets, contracts, grants, unions and so forth. I can even think of a few examples off the top of my head, like where a city was headed towards closing or abandoning a pool and some parks. Folk in the neighborhoods said that 'We'll take care of them', and so they did, by keeping the grass mowed, trash picked up, things fixed, painted and maintained, all at their own time and expense. When people get that involved at such a base level, they have a true and tangible investment in their communities - something very valuable that we have been slipping away from for decades. It's all about more than political parties, national elections and larger-than-life public figures - the ties that bind are actually how we are involved and what we are prepared to do for the well-being of our local communities where our families, friends and neighbors dwell.