I'm going to say it because no one else has. The Local Council is a failure of an institution. They are nothing but glorified RMB moderators, which is not a function they should fulfill, and they fail to serve as a gameside government, which is a function that would be much more desirable. Worse, the institution of the Local Council also has made the gameside a third rail in political discussions, where the "forum government" cannot step in to fill any of the roles that they fail to fill because that would be seen as intruding onto the LC's turf. It should be abolished, and so should the notion of an independent gameside government. The forum is TSP's government and we should design systems to recognize that.