Local leaders best understand their communities, and are answerable to them

Here, to complete these articles on USA, is one from the Washington Post on Friday:

 D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Friday formally renamed a street outside the White House “Black Lives Matter Plaza” after ordering city crews to paint the message in gigantic yellow letters down 16th Street. It’s a pointed message in support of demonstrators and against the president, who ordered an escalation of federal military and law enforcement presence on the streets of Washington in response to sporadic looting and unrest earlier in the week.