>There seems to be an issue in Springfield — sucky time of year for it too:

Friends of mine put in their new gas line, or was it furnace? In any case the inspector has to come out and look at it before they can use it.

Normal turn around time: 48 hours

Current turn around time: week +

They’re unable to use their furnace in the meantime and have been resorting to leaving their oven open to provide the measly bit of heat they have. It’s good that it’s not freezing out yet, or they’d be screwed.

Now that you’ve heard the issue – here’s the cause:

Budget cuts forced most of the inspectors to be laid off. There’s the same ammount of work for them to do, but less of them to do it. Those remaining are getting perschnickered and saying they need more money for being overworked. So to prove their point, how they’re understaffed/underpaid, they choose to do nothing, or very little. This choice results in issues for my friend above and anyone else in a similar perdickiment.

* springfield sidenote * Is Melconian in with the “organization” as well? It doesn’t appear so, and the woman with 2 kids is no shining star — she just sends everyone home photos and wants votes. Melconian seems to have the businesses’ votes, I see signs in almost every window of all the shops on Sumner/Dickinson, spotted around the city.

My only wish — roads. I’m sure I’d love to have schools and crap but I don’t got no kids, yo. I ain’t gonna see none o them improoooooovemints. (yo)

The roads do need it, however. They seem to allocate funds to the wrong areas. Yeah, the shitty areas ought to continue with the shitty to keep the speeding down… but sometimes you need to speed through those areas to feel safe 😉

They’re making headway — now just make the major roads/shortcuts through the city like near the Basketball Hall of Fame. We can learn something from the giant silver thing… don’t spend so much money!!!

*ahem * [ /soapbox ] [ discuss ]