
@jamesrambin ("James Rambin") wrote:
two years to plant a tree, requiring the approval of 20 different city departments. this story reads like satire
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2023/04/why-arent-there-more-tree-lined-streets-development-professionals-blame-complicated-city-rules/with quote tweet:
@atxtransitblog ("Austin Transit Blog") replied to a tweet by @atxtransitblog:
similar to being unable to hire lifeguards last year, one consequence of Austin's rapid growth seems to be that the City bureaucracy and internal leadership are very ill equipped to run a City of a million people. Basic functions done by every City in the country are failing.