Re: impact of corruption on alarm company

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 27, 3:20=A0pm, "Robert L Bass" <rob...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Bob La Londe" wrote:
>
> > I'm not a lawyer and I am not playing one on the internet.
> > These comments are purely for conjecture and are worth
> > less than you paid for them.
>
> I think there's more to this than meets the eye. =A0Consider the sequence=
 of
> events. =A0A local contractor's plans have been approved by the FD. =A0Do=
ubtless the
> local contractor has been around the area for some time and is acquainted=
 with
> the FM like any contractor in a small city. =A0Heck, they're probably fri=
ends.
>
> After starting work the contractor tries to rip the customer off, triplin=
g the
> price of the work. =A0The customer rightly seeks to get away from said ri=
p-off.
> If this situation was straight-up, no shenanigands, any FM in his right m=
ind
> would have simply given the guy time to comply. =A0Instead, this characte=
r comes
> down like a ton of bricks on whoever he finds on the site. =A0Note that h=
e's not
> doing anything to the local contractor whose actions caused the delay. =
=A0He goes
> after the customer? =A0Like that medical examiner said in the OJ trial, "=
Sump-sink
> wrong!"
>
> I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but this really looks like the FM an=
d the
> original contractor are in cahoots. =A0There's no way he does this sort o=
f thing
> regularly.
>
> Most Fire Marshals are just decent guys trying to make sure we do our job=
s
> according to code and that nobody gets burned up. =A0Some of them can be
> unreasonable. =A0A few are a royal pain, lording it over people to feed t=
heir
> egos. =A0But this situation is so far beyond outrageous it stinks of coll=
usion. =A0I
> hope I'm wrong about this because if the FM really is corrupt then this c=
ustomer
> is going to have to fight in court for what should have been a routine ma=
tter.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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> Bass Home Electronics
> 4883 Fallcrest Circle
> Sarasota, Florida 34233
> 941-870-2310www.basshome.com
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I think a call to the appropriate states attorney generals office
should be made on this one as well as state firemarshal or who ever
the FM  answers to.