But, Becca, even if not, how can anyone say that dishonesty by building inspectors gives builders the right to be dishonest and or to violate law and place the public in danger by not adhering to the the MINIMUM standards of the building code?

Of course, such an attitude among builders does not surprise me. I have been at this racket for 32 years. And, I have seen many builders who were FORCED to cut corners in order to put food on the table for their families. When it's a "little" corner, you make them correct it and don't put them out of business. When they play games... well... as was said above, the inspectors have the power, and thank goodness they do.

By the way, I found it comical about purposefully leaving small items for the building inspector to pick up on... they are some stupid, eh? Imagine... you fuck up royally on minor stuff and that there inspector don't even think you might not know what you is doin', huh?... hyuk, hyuk. Brilliant startegy.