“Many are the issues that” is indeed a more florid, highfalutin’ way of saying “Many issues”. “See many people in this way”. How does “in the most efficient and worthy of ways” get reduced to “efficiently”?

What is your favourite quote about local authorities, and what was it?

Why do we get any of this news about you guys, like it looks like someone might have left the newspaper while returning home, or something similar?