On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:36:47 -0500, "DanG" wrote:

A friend who shall remain nameless called. He lives in the county
in a different state. He launched into a small addition with no
permit. He has it framed and dried in. He received a letter from
the county ordering him to cease and desist. He called wondering
what they can do to him if he just keeps going.

I didn't really have an answer. I did tell him that if there was
a need for the electric company to do any work on the service,
they would not perform without permit approval. Other than that,
what can they do? This guy is a bit of a renegade. I explained
about the yes, sir/no,sir - gee, I'm sorry approach. He's headed
a bit more along the my castle, my kingdom, damn the torpedoes
approach.

The city limits expanded out to and around my Grandfather's house in
the 1950's. The city notified him he would have to have an 'indoor'
bathroom. He was happy with what he had and told the city off, in no
uncertain terms.

He fought with them and then; eventually built the bathroom. It had
all the current features, tub, sink, toilet, mirror. All the fancy
stuff. He did not connect the plumbing to the city.

He returned to city hall and told the *******s: 'now make me hook is
up'.

Eventually he did.