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Good Morning

Well kid, we'll leave a light on.

Having observed your activity here, I am sure that you will succeed at whatever you take on.

Have fun and tell us about it now and then.

Tiger
 
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Good luck on your new venture! Hope everything works out for you! What new job are you going to? I know the "dark side" but are you going back to contracting on your own or superintendent or ????? Just curious.
 
gbhammer said:
It is now noon here- so Good morning is now good day to you all.Next week will be my last week as a code enforcement officer. I am going back to the private sector or for some the dark side and for others the land of the living. I know the work should be reward in itself and it has been for seven years, but filthy lucre calls and the bills are piling up. It is time to put my family’s needs in front of the masses.

I will try to find the time to post in the evenings but I am sure I will be missing all of you very soon.

Thanks for the wonderful shared moments and try not to be too hard on each other, remember communication like we have here is rare and precious.
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Welcome to the other side of the same coin GB. One side cannot exist without the other. There's nothing that says it can't flip again. I got the position I have in part because of my past experience as a BO.

Welcome to the other side.

Bill
 
Since I have been here I have made a lot of contacts with design professionals, city officials, and contractors who at first were upset that I was leaving the County. My contacts quickly warmed to the idea of me leaving the county when they realized I would no longer have any conflict of interest and I would be able to help them with their projects as a consultant. The reason I decided to leave is because a friend with a successful landscaping business asked me to come in and help him expand his business. He has some very wealthy clientele who often want him to do construction as well as landscaping and he has had trouble finding the right person to help him move forward. I agreed to leave with the caveat that I would need a flexible schedule in the event that I had consulting work that needed to be done. He agreed and we will soon be off to the races. Already one of the largest civil engineers in the area has offered to throw the landscaping for some large site developments my way, and any and all of the residential work we can handle. Gotta love it.

Another civil engineer has need of a code consultant so that they can more accurately inform their clients as to what will be expected with buildings on site when doing project feasibility studies. Gotta love it.

One of the cities that I have consulted for in the past appears to have a major amount of commercial work about to hit them, and they would like for me to do all the review. They may have so much work that I would never have been able to get away with reviewing their projects while still working at the county. Gotta love it

The fire marshals association and fire chiefs came to the county and jumped the powers that be for letting me go. Gotta love it.

Gotta love all the people that are coming out of the wood work and that want to see me succeed. I am loving the love.

That includes all the fine folk here on this site gotta love it.
 
Good mornnnnnning.

Just an update. I am loving / hurting with the new work. Lost 15 lbs in the first two weeks (yeah/ouch). Life is good and I do with out a doubt miss the forum.
 
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