I meant political strictly in the partisan sense.  I agree that the office has a lot of discretionary and policy making ability.  That's the nature of the problem.  The dynamic here leads to the dominant local party selecting a candidate for an office with a staff of 20-30 and a multi-million dollar budget based on years of party service.  Often they have no background in management, technology, or real estate.  Their independence due to the elected nature of the office leaves open the path of making very bad and far-reaching policy decisions.

The all to0 often true joke is that our elected recorders spend their first term learning the difference between a deed and a mortgage.

I'd be interested to hear what the downside is of an office being dominated by real estate insiders.  I can imagine some of the problems, but I think I would be willing to take the trade-off.

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