iwire,

That was one of several last straws, which finally caused me to leave. And it was probably the first time in 20 years of working under the same guy (who happened to be an honest hard working engineer) that I acted somewhat disrespectfully.
BTW,
He was only relaying to me what "Corporate Engineering" told him when he posed my 2nd inquiry regarding permits & inspections.
My 1st inquiry got the response that we can do whatever we want within the "battery limits" of our property.

Battery limits???!!!