[reliabilityguy]

> That's not red tape. That's politics.

That’s literally the definition of red tape! How do politicians have this kind of power to stop the projects? Because there is a county/city/state law that grants them this power. It’s literally part of the procedure! In other words, some part of the process is not defined beyond “the council member has veto power for any construction in their district” (hello NYC!).

As a result, the whole process is not deterministic and ill defined due to red tape.