"C J Campbell" wrote in message
news:2007101310233243658-christophercampbell@hotmailcom...

I will not have a corrupt building inspector who scuffs the dirt away from
under an electric meter and then tells me that it is a quarter inch too
high again. Neither will a corrupt city official tell me again that it
will take a minimum of three years to get a building permit unless I pay
him $30,000 -- and the city attorney will not back him up again.

At least you didn;t have to deal with zoning officials and attempts to get
variances. A common case is trying to get a variance that the zoning board
(say, for example, Mr. Steve Hegelmann) says a varaince is just not
possible, but 18 days later, Mr. David Hegelmann is issued a variance for
the exact same parcel.

Of course, it helps that your lawyer be someone who worked in the HUD
Anti-Fraud unit for 12 years, and who knows how to tweak the states AG.

People have often pointed out that I seem cantankerous and unsympathetic.
Wanna ask me again how I got that way?

;-)

Interesting, isn't it, that the most difficult aspect of running a business
is getting past the bureaucratic fraud and the ambulance chasers, not the
actual "nut & bolts".

I relish the development process, but let my legal man handle the
bureaucrats. If it wasn't that way, I'd likely be in jail for homicide.
--
Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC.
Cheyenne, WY