Remember 10 years ago hearing something about a local city council wanting to contract for bird houses I think in a park or something. I thought that's what &^%$# trees are for.
Over 20 years ago I use to record local city council meetings for an access channel. I remember this one guy. Say if there was five members, he was always the one to vote down on spending. The rest often voted up. Looking back I imagine some of it was planning & development and keeping the local economy vibrant etc. But it was pretty cool seeing him go nay on so much of it.