Someone dropped the ball. But who?
Val lost her nerve or never really had the pieces in place. I guess we’ll learn about the rube goldberg machinations at some point.
Here is the thing though. They are politicians, so we’ll never probably know the real story. Politicians are not driven by the same sorts of things that drive normal people. They are motivated by ancient grievances, arcane grudges, weird phobias, gossamer dreams of greatness, and the voices of their ancestors.
Anyway, our state house is still in the hands of unaccountable old cops.