RBM wrote:
And, when your dealing with people who cheat for a living, any action you
take that's toothless, is worthless



To add another comment: building inspectors and local officials are
often in bed with contractors and will ignore all but blatant offenses.
I went through this with county officials - some were good but most were
bad. This extends through the judicial system. We recently had a ex
county official take a $3 million bribe. She was tried and convicted
and fined about $300 or the equivalent of a couple of speeding tickets.