Wolf wrote – “You’re right. Why even have a local rav to whom one should ask questions? After all, if he rules like R. Moshe, then we can just look it up ourselves. And if he disagrees, well then he’s a midget not worthy of being asked a shaila…”
It depends on who your local rav is and who is asking the question. In many shuls, the average member doesn’t know Shulchan Aruch by heart, and therefore doesn’t know Tshuvos of Reb Moshe, or Tshuvos of Reb Shlomo Zalman or Rev Elyashiv or even Rav Vozner. General speaking if they do, they are probably more capable then the majority of local ravs.