Seems to me to be one big piss up !!
Correct me if I am wrong but to me it seems you can,
Get voted in by having all good intentions of being the one to sort out all the local issues and stand up for the people and all good things in general.
Soon as your voted in then that all goes out the window.
You can then earn very well,have as many cars as you like,claim dosh for all sorts of things and nobody has to know about it.
You get to tell people that rules are rules (where it suits)and that you got to do as I say but not as I do.
You then couldnt give a shit about the people who voted you in and get a fancy house half way up the country so ou can sod off there at weekend to get away from the scam you have to represent at weekends.