Rather than belabor the problems from the past, look at this as an opportunity to start over, your forums usually grow from the effort the members put into it.

Pittsburgh is a hobby WASTELAND, and, because it was an area ignored by the rest of the large sites, our forum there was one of the most active.

I don't deny we went through our own fight for independence from Texas Staff, but, once locals were given the reigns, we never looked back, or held grudges.

The problem is, that your local staff has to be available multiple times per day, and SOMEONE must want to do it. Rather than pay for BCD, or write reviews, I do the scut work that it takes to keep a local forum running.

Rather than bitch about it, step in and help out, a good local forum just doesn't happen, unless some people take the time to nurture it and care for it.