Local officials who simultaneously decry big box stores and national chains while doling out burdensome regulatory structures and complicated permit processes should understand that regulatory burdens hit the smaller, independent places hardest, because they're the places that have the smallest amount of discretionary cash to hire legal aid (or, if you're really cynical, to make the appropriate campaign contributions).
The article uses Alexandria, Virginia as an example, but he could be describing the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder.
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I've always wondered how businesses on Perl ever make it.
My father in law once spent about 15k trying to get some plans to build a house up on Sugar Loaf a few years back. The city of Boulder made all kinds of crazy excuses such as "the color of the house will scare the wildlife"... after a while he just gave up and moved to Broomfield.
It's really a wonder that you can build or run any business here.
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