Backyard Governance Gap

A political brand of decisive, high‑visibility crisis management can coexist with chronic neglect of the leader’s own local jurisdiction when the latter requires sustained, low‑glamour administrative work (permitting, municipal governance, local politics). That mismatch becomes a political liability for aspirants who sell 'get things done' nationally but cannot fix shop‑worn local governance problems. — It shows presidential hopefuls are vulnerable to local governance failures at home and that resolving chronic urban decay demands different institutional tools than rapid state emergency interventions.