some developers, some contractors, they come in and they get their permits approved by ed sweeney or mr. duffy or, or quality control by ron thoum. how does that happen? why are these senior people taking in permit applications. oh, well, if some one else being too in the application it might be sent to planning. ah, ah, ok, we are talking months now. months that go by. i have a permit application in planning. it has been there for almost a year with everything in place but they have not looked at it yet. so, i understand the problems. i'm an architect i try to make a living in the town the way the others do. when these guys come in and they soft shoe the senior managers and end up with a permit that isn't legally binding until somebody goes down and finds a third floor or goes down and finds a basement that's now a story, how does this happen? and why does it continue? five years ago the whistleblower complaint told sweeney to stop taking in permits. they said it's not your job. so, now, now duffy and others do it. but it's the same old dodge. favoritism is rife in the department and the reas