All We Wanted Were Directions

The long and twisting road to getting signs installed in a city with 22 million visitors a year.

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January 9, 2001, 7:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In the end, however, it shouldn't be so hard to do something that will benefit so many people. It's that way in the District because Congress hascreated a system of local and federal regulations, oversight, checks and redundant rechecks that throws needless obstacles in front of worthyprojects. Congress should ensure that simple projects like ours don't face so many long detours and red lights by reducing the city's regulatoryburden."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: All We Wanted Were Directions

Sunday, December 31, 2000 in The Washington Post

Government / Politics District of Columbia

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