Quoted: D.C. Coin Quickly Rejected by U.S. Mint

"NEVER HAVE I SEEN the government move so fast on anything. You get the sense that no one over there even looked at this in context."

— D.C. Shadow Senator Paul Strauss on the U.S. Mint's speedy rejection of three proposed designs submitted this week for the District's commemorative quarter, each which had the an inscription protesting D.C.'s lack of a full and equal vote on Capitol Hill.

As The Post' Paul Duggan reports, the rejection was anticipated by city officials, since guidelines governing the coin program prohibit controversial messages.