I must have lived a sheltered life. I never actually saw any corruption or even heard about any. (bribes, coercion etc)
There is some process variation between the various AHJs but it seems fairly uniform in that patch so the contractors usually know what to expect.
My wife built over 100 houses and she never really had an inspector problem. Some of the guys used to get in whizzing matches over BS but she just asked what she had to do to get this house moving. Upper management made her the inspector contact and the other people worked for her so things went smooth.
