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Old 05-27-2003, 05:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally posted by phredgreen
there HAS to be a corporation commission or some other governing body to whom your friend can go to.
One would think this to be true.

It been my own professional experience that some areas of the government have such a culture of corruption that there is nobody to go to. Everybody watches eachother's back.

For example, if you need to block off a street in New York (to run a crane or move some huge thing from a building) you need to pay some people off. No bribe = no permit. Your permit application will be "considered" for a long long time.

Who can you go to? The people in charge have their hands out, and their bosses cover them because they get a piece of the action.

The Sopranos isn't all fiction, you know.
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