It's terrible. They have no one to blame but themselves. Greed, Corruption - better watch out, this could be YOUR city in the future. It's why electing good, smart people to public office is SO important, yet we do such a poor job at it.
I was reading my small town local paper yesterday, our school board is a bunch of incompetent loons who can't stop quibbling, and the city council isn't much better.