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After hearing no response to our initial request, I submitted another one via the city's new online request system and promptly heard back from a city employee, who referred me to another employee. A few games of "tag" later (including a strongly worded e-mail to both bureaucrats), I received another begrudging, vague referral -- this time to Dominion Virginia Power, which owns the pole on which said mirror would be mounted. (In two weeks, I have yet to hear from the state's electric monopoly, but that's another story altogether.)

I wish I had more faith in those trusted with overseeing transportation development in Alexandria. I wish I had more faith in the mayor's ability to establish bureaucracies that could accomplish major transportation goals. Sadly, I don't.

The governor, however, seems poised to reward this kind of incompetence with more tax dollars -- even now. And I still cringe and hope for the best every time I have to blindly exit the office parking lot.

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