The second fact you post articulates what I have felt for a long, long time. Failing to vote locally is something that just stuns me. All politics is local, and if you don't participate, you lose your local control. As for what follows your sentence utilizing one of my favorite words (insouciance), my usual reference is "preferred colorful metaphor" or "profanity, vulgarity or blasphemy of your choosing". I love you use of "plural expletive deleted" and my just add that to my arsenal of acceptable usage of profanity.