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The long lines don't end when you die.


The terrible truth about the District government is that it is loaded with incompetents at every level. No mayor wants to face this fact, so even though the bow-tied, Ivy-league Tony Williams
For other people named Tony Williams, see Anthony Williams.


Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer.
 seemed to be an improvement over the cocaine-addicted Marion Barry This article is about the former mayor of Washington, DC. For U.S. House member, see Marion Berry. For the fruit, see Marionberry.

Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr.
, he has made little difference in the performance of the city's bureaucrats.

Among the recent examples is the D.C. medical examiner's office, which has a backlog Backlog

The total value of sales orders waiting to be fulfilled.

Notes:
This figure is used mainly in the manufacturing industry. Increases or decreases in a company's backlog indicate the future direction of sales and earnings.
 of 1,037 unfinished autopsies. Seven hundred and sixty five are at least a year old. "Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N).  and Virginia, by comparison," reports the Posts Cheryl W. Thompson, "have no cases more than a year old."
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Title Annotation:Tilting at Windmills; autopsy backlog
Author:Peters, Charles
Publication:Washington Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U5DC
Date:Mar 1, 2006
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