While I'm sympathetic to the arguments that moderation shouldn't mix with politics, I don't think this is the right thing to do. It would be anti-democratic of us to abolish local governance, after having let it flourish and evolve over the years, because the Local Council doesn't engage in politics the way we believe "politics" should work. Barring some kind of massive security threat, abolishing the Local Council should only be done at the request of the RMB itself.