Posts by Phil Lepanto — Guest Contributor

Phil Lepanto is a former ANC Commissioner in Mt. Pleasant. He is a small business owner and is active in the Mt. Pleasant Business Association and Mid-City Business Association.

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  What if the fire department ran like ABRA?

  RetailBy Phil Lepanto (Guest Contributor) August 15, 2011 19

  Many of DC’s boards and commissions have deep-seated problems, like the Taxi Commission. The liquor license agencies, ABRA and the ABC Board, represent another serious case of dysfunction. So many cases generate community-splitting free-for-alls leading to pseudo-Solomonic decisions that that businesses and communities become desperate, not knowing what could…  Keep reading…