此事若大致如報導，是挺噁心的，我也接受不了。猜測一個較好的可能是：不是脆弱性，而是不均勻。

That is, the authority isn't vulnerable but uneven. There are generation gaps (as of awareness and ideology among those holding offices, not as of the ages of them). A local authority could commit such a blunder without being contradicted or reprimanded by a higher authority.

Either way, the central government should pay attention.