XPost: pdx.general, or.politics, alt.politics   
   From: bshatzerNO@comcast.net   
      
   Bert Hyman wrote:   
      
   > bshatzerNO@comcast.net (Bill Shatzer) wrote in   
   > news:19adnTNknuKLFZTbnZ2dnUVZ_v2knZ2d@comcast.com:   
      
   >>Bert Hyman wrote:   
      
   >>Although, having taken the time to drive to the site, it would   
   >>really be difficult to concoct a scenario 'bout why they wouldn't   
   >>do the actual inspection.   
      
   >>It doesn't take that long in most cases. And it is hardly a   
   >>strenuous undertaking.   
      
   > And it is their job after all.   
      
   > I based my remark on only one incident, but it comes to mind whenever   
   > I deal with inspectors.   
      
   > I lived in Silver Spring Maryland back in the mid '70s and had a 220V   
   > line installed for a clothes drier. The electrician did the right   
   > thing with permits and an inspection was scheduled.   
      
   > I came home from work and found the inspection "results" taped to the   
   > basement door.   
      
   > The only other times I've had inspections done when nobody was home   
   > was on outdoor work, so I assume the work was actually done.   
      
      
   Dunno how they do it in Silver Springs but 'round here, minor electrical   
   work performed by a licensed electrical contractor can be approved on   
   the contractor's certification without inspection.   
      
   There are random follow up inspections on these permits - say one in ten   
   or so - just as a double check on the contractors' work but the majority   
   are approved without any actual inspection.   
      
   The cost for one of these so-called "blue tag" permits is pretty   
   minimal, $20 or so IIRC, and basically just covers the cost of making a   
   record of the work and the random follow-up inspections.   
      
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