A Little Discussion Goes a Long Way

I sent an email to the town rep yesterday (as you know) that I would like to pick up the road bond either today or Monday.  I guess he was away at meetings all week, so he hadn't been able to get back to me.  Coincidentally, he called my Mom (because she works with said rep) and said that the lawyer  should have it ready today or Monday.  Yay!  I've found that you have to get a little pushy with this town in order to get them to do anything... but at least this part is over!

I also emailed the guy that takes care of getting physical addresses yesterday since I hadn't  heard back on the process for that.  He asked me if I filled out paperwork, which I didn't know we had to, but he was great.  He was like no problem, I'll bring it over to the property tomorrow and we can meet up then.  Come to find out, he  is one of my Dad's friends!  So when I told Dad I was meeting him, he wanted to see him too.  This guy was awesome.  Dad launched into a conversation about what Mike and I had gone through just to get the driveway.  He said that the road agent was an ass and really hard to work with.  It cracked me up!  He told me that he would've told the Road Agent to pound sand when we told him that the road agent wanted us to get the driveway engineered.

Mike was afraid that I was  going to piss off the town if I got too pushy, but after talking to the emergency contact of Sharon, it only renewed my spirits to really go after them to get what we want.  I don't disagree with Mike that we need to be careful and pick our fights carefully, but at the same time, we shouldn't back down either!

oh, p.s. The guy taking care of the physical address for us told us that we didn't need the second culvert, that it was just a waste.  That also made me laugh, especially after how I told him we were trying to squeal out of getting the driveway engineered.

Driveway Complete!

Well since the last time I posted, our driveway has been completed!  Eric was able to put the whole driveway together in a quick turnaround time (3 days in total really) and we have an apron... of 20 feet.  We aren't completely pleased with the apron, so the people that did it originally are due to come back and fix it.  We think they put it down cold so it's a bit crumbly and bumpy, and that's not what we were looking for.

In any case, the driveway was considered finished almost 2 weeks ago.  I asked the town to send out the road agent to sign off on the road bond being complete.  Of course, I can't expect much from this road agent seeing that he doesn't like to work WITH people.  They have yet to get back to me on the status of the road bond.  It's really starting to tick me off, so I sent another (4th or 5th) message to the town rep that I use and asked him what the status was and that I would like to pick up the check from the lawyers office tomorrow since all obligations have been fulfilled.  If there was a question about the apron, it's there, and I even had Mike shovel it off on Tuesday in case the road agent hadn't looked at it yet.

The best part is, I have before and after pictures.  The road is completely untouched, which is why I'm starting to push harder on the road bond.  We gave them the road bond within two days, so I expect to be treated fairly and have the same turnaround time that we gave them.  It's only respectful.  That being said, I told the town contact that I will be going to the lawyers office tomorrow to pick it up, and if it's not ready then, I will have my Mom pick it up on Monday.  I'm done playing this game, especially when this money is due to Eric.  It's not fair for him to be waiting on the town when the road is in the exact same condition it was before he even started.

That's my spiel.  I'll let you know how it goes after I visit the lawyer tomorrow!