In recent years the KMT has also wanted to allow greater local control, but has approached it half-heartedly, which has been exploited as a source of political capital by the DPP, not without some justification.
游錫先生是民進黨出身的縣長，本土化是民進黨政爭目標之一，國民黨近年來也想要本土化，但不徹底，所以這一點民進黨拿來做政爭本錢，還綽綽有餘。