The Elephant is Winning

We STILL don't have building permits! We are now becoming convinced that for some reason the city doesn't want us to save the Caton
House. We discussed suing the city, but that would just take more time
& money. We seem to be at a dead-end. The city keeps demanding more
paperwork; stuff they could have told us about months ago. One person
says they're ready to issue permits, then the next person says "no, you
need to give us a notarized letter stating...". It's insane. Every time
we think we're close to getting permits they throw up more bizarre
restrictions and demands. We're thoroughly demoralized. Our
documentation is now well over 200 pages for ONE REMODEL JOB!

Ok, I'm done venting for now.