I forgot to mention Arlington's core value

That power derives from the citizens. Not that citizens are to be tolerated. It's a citizen-resident-centric government, that leads from both the bottom and the top.

(An article in yesterday's Financial Times discusses "poor people entwinement" stating:

• Poor people entwinement at the leadership level sets the tone for the rest of the organization; and

• ...people are often perceived as commoditized resources (slaves) and at a personal level no more value-adding than, say, an item of stationery.

The article was about information technology, but the point is generalizable.