“They try to keep their foot on your neck, you know,” he said, referencing city officials in charge of administering the $30 million.

They are already administering the large areas of Rakhine State they control as though they were running their own state.

Lazo said the department’s role was to convene resources and it’s the city’s Economic and Workforce Development Department and the federal SBA that are responsible for administering financial assistance to businesses.

"This could even provide a novel approach to drug screening, for instance, by measuring fluid flow changes and forces caused by bacterial movement before and after administering antibiotics," Alijani suggests.

There were concerns about administering it and about counties competing against each other's different tax rates.