North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about engineering
Texas may do a lot of crazy things when it comes to state government, but one thing I think we definitely got right is the Texas Sunset Commission (<a href="https://www.sunset.texas.gov/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sunset.texas.gov/</a>). Basically, all boards set up by the state government are automatically abolished every 10 years I believe unless the state legislature passes a law to continue the board.  So every 10 years the Sunset Commission evaluates agencies/boards about to expire and gives recommendations on if they should be merged, eliminated, etc.<p>The whole idea is to prevent these little long-running fiefdoms from continuing indefinitely, where board members just become more concerned about their own power than their stated purpose.<p>People being people it's not perfect, but it does go a long way to cut down on this type of abuse.