1. , if the elected leaders need a consultant to help them lead, then they are not qualified to be our leaders.  2.  I worked for LA City and we used consultants whenever we wanted to justify our hidden agenda.  (so the council already has an agenda) 3.  City residents and business have themselves to blame, they have invited and enable drug addicts and predators into our community by trying to help the needy (commendable) without realizing it comes at a cost.  If we want to help the needy then one has to significantly increase law enforcement and build jails, because the efforts to help the needy will always be open to abuse by predatory humans, (most of which are white males)