"So far the city bureaucracy hasn't seen fit to let us."

I think the city bureaucracy should have been willing to walk him through the process a lot better.

Cutting back the burgeoning city bureaucracy would help cut spending.

But there was a risk, she said, that the dispute could drag through the city bureaucracy and then the courts for years.

The city bureaucracy clearly does need streamlining and could be more responsive to the public.

The piece was first installed in 1977 after three years of struggles with city bureaucracies.

This is war, the tree lover vs. the city bureaucracy.

If so, how should I proceed through the city bureaucracy?

"And that was helpful in our dealings with the city bureaucracy," he said.

"I'd been avoiding them because who wants to deal with a city bureaucracy?"