09-03-2013, 04:37 AM
"So much for licenses and inspectors. One will lie and the other swear to it."
Once read somewhere that if there are lies, incompetence and corruption in government, the problem resides in the lies, incompetence and corruption, not government. You could say exactly the same thing about private businesses. You say "so much for...", but you suggest no alternative, except perhaps implying doing away entirely with licensed professionals and government inspectors? Is that a libertarian goal? Or perhaps the OP's suggestion of payoffs to professionals should be preferred?
One wish at this point would be solid muck-raking journalism to shine some light on the actual state of building inspections and professional tradesman in Hawaii County. Maybe this review could provoke an effort to reform the system to allow amateurs under some sort of regulation to do their own work. Also, the county council recently sent some recommendations to the state legislature for new legislation on topics of interest to them. Perhaps this could be one of them.
Once read somewhere that if there are lies, incompetence and corruption in government, the problem resides in the lies, incompetence and corruption, not government. You could say exactly the same thing about private businesses. You say "so much for...", but you suggest no alternative, except perhaps implying doing away entirely with licensed professionals and government inspectors? Is that a libertarian goal? Or perhaps the OP's suggestion of payoffs to professionals should be preferred?
One wish at this point would be solid muck-raking journalism to shine some light on the actual state of building inspections and professional tradesman in Hawaii County. Maybe this review could provoke an effort to reform the system to allow amateurs under some sort of regulation to do their own work. Also, the county council recently sent some recommendations to the state legislature for new legislation on topics of interest to them. Perhaps this could be one of them.