It's not what you know but WHO you know.

So Scott and I have been quite anxious about what's happening to our zoning application.  Did someone lose it?  Is it sitting on a cart collecting dust or it is at the bottom of a huge pile of other applications.  After several phone calls to 'The City' with no straight answer, Scott decided to call the friend from the forestry department (the one who helped us with the tree situation) hoping that perhaps she may know someone in the building permit department.  This was a long shot but who knows, it's worth a try.

We don't know if it was a coincidence that the friend was able to do some 'magic' or perhaps it was finally our turn to get our application reviewed.  Anyhow, we got a call some an examiner this morning regarding our plans.  It seems that some numbers didn't add up regarding the maximum square footage of our house and a few other numbers that didn't match the original survey.  While Scott was busy getting this problem rectified, he got an email from a friend of the friend from the forestry department.  She was the one who got someone to look at our application right away.  On top of that, she's going to follow up to see that the little problem that we have will be handled appropriately.  So it really helps to have connections!!