DC fiddles while murky coffee languishes

In a classic case of the District of Columbia’s utter ineptitude, the District’s Audit office has forced Murky Coffee’s Capitol Hill location to shut down until some tax issues are resolved. Of course, resolving those issues requires that the District bother paying attention. And it’s not just Murky: destructive government laziness hits thousands of business across the country each year. Says owner Nick:

I have never denied my responsibility to pay these taxes. There were mistakes made due to financial mismanagement in more than one way. That said, I have complied 100% with the DC OTR since this issue came up, and have dialed 202-442-____ phone numbers no less than 500 times (with 490 of those times resulting in nobody picking up), trying and pleading with the DC OTR to work with us to resolve the issues. To this date, we have made little to no apparent progress with them.

Well, D.C., you say want job creation and a thriving local community. And yet, your actions tell me that your employees’ coffee breaks are more important. Maybe the rest of us would trust you with a share in our nation’s governance if you weren’t so bad at home rule.

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