whose staid existence was transformed buy an oil boom, tend to be crabby people....
just sayin'
God bless America, seriously, please?
Sparingly I can find, but "sparely" I can't find.
Sparingly is "thrifty", economical,
Could you have meant "Sparsely"?
> whose staid existence was transformed buy an oil boom, tend to be crabby people....
> just sayin'
Respectfully disagree.
Have known quite a few such planners from areas not transformed by oil booms. They too tend to be very crabby. They also tend to believe that the entire world belongs to them. They tend to want to make up the rules as they go along. In their perfect world they could sit around the office half a day drinking coffee and eating Krispy Kreme then spend the other half of the day at home goofing off.
Also, all the ones I ever knew were able to make sure there were no rules for anyone who was a "special friend". Plus it is impossible for some people to do anything in their areas because those people are on a list as well, just not the "special friends" list.
Perhaps an oil boom makes things more difficult that common. But, my experience tells me that would be exceedingly difficult.
Larry P
I can only comment on planners in my neck of the woods.
When I started working on Cape Cod the towns did not have planners. We dealt with a paid secretary and a volunteer planning board. I believe that Chatham was the first to hire a full time planner and I thanked my lucky stars to have a professional to deal with on our filings. At the time the Cape was booming with development and we were subdividing property left and right. Other local towns started hiring planners and the process became smoother in most ways. Planners understood the Subdivision Rules and Regulations and the State Zoning laws, for the most part.
Yes, there are some that are a little big for their britches, and get kind of puffy chested about some things, but over all I have found planners to be professional and open minded...not always, but most of the time. I find them to be a benefit.
Don
: Don, I'd like to buy an "S", Please...;-)
I only have vowels for sale, s's are free.
And being from up here MA way I can fix you up with r's, too. Usually we drop them from the middle of words and stick them on the ends of others, such as "yard" becomes "yahd" while "idea" becomes "idear".
I’ve had both experiences. The one described by Larry is the most common. I think it is the result of two different mindsets. One says: “How can I help make this happen within the framework of our ordinance?” The other: “How can I interpret the ordinance to stop this?” I actually went into a planning office to check on a boundary line adjustment plat, and the woman who reviews those plats was sitting with her feet up on the desk and told me she only reviews boundary line adjustments on Thursdays. I said "do you mean to tell me that even thought you apparently have nothing else to do you are not going to look at that plat until the day after tomorrow?" Her response: "Yep that's exactly what I'm telling you." This attitude is what gives planning and zoning officials a bad reputation. In some cases they deserve it.
After that comment is when you pull out your smart phone and snap a picture to be sent to the local newspaper. Odds are nothing would happen to her but it sure would put a stain on the department in the public's eye.
And then anything YOU ever submit to that office is either "lost" or processed behind everything else on their "schedule", and everything is nit-picked to the last degree.
Not unlike some surveyor's I've met.....or any other profession I'm sure!
Exactly! 🙁
So you just grin, bear it and move on.
> After that comment is when you pull out your smart phone and snap a picture to be sent to the local newspaper. Odds are nothing would happen to her but it sure would put a stain on the department in the public's eye.
Only if you are sure you can get that person fired, removed or something similar to keep them away from any of your future work.
