I tell you, having recently moved to a suburb from Minneapolis, it's tough to get used to the city services out here. Can you believe this?
I recently had a new furnace and AC installed. A few days afterward I got a note from the installer saying I should call "this number" to schedule an inspection by the city. I called and the phone was answered on the third ring by a real person. I explained that I needed an inspection. The person on the other end said, "When do you want it?" I asked what times they had available in the next two weeks. She answered, "What's convenient for YOU? We'll make it work from our end." (I almost fell on the floor from the shock.) I suggested a time and then she said, "we'll get hold of the electrical inspector and schedule them for the same time." Quite the contrast to my experience in Minneapolis where I had to have electrical work done after a storm knocked down the wires to my house and it still wasn't inspected two years later when I sold the house, despite several calls to the Inspections Department to schedule one. Bring on the McKinsey Report. Barbara Nelson Burnsville Once and future Minneapolitan _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
