I propose...
... A system of national and local plebicites, using the phone voting system as used in 'The X Factor'. Mistakes of the sort which left California with power cuts WILL be made at first.
( lion-cake Bad lion-cake, bad., Tue 19 May 2009, 10:11, archived)

"at first?"
you do understand why California ended up with no power, right?

cede control to local authorities and within 12 months we'd be living in caves eating moss and burning money to stay warm.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:23, archived)