Electure, I have three brothers in the trade in California and they tell horror stories about the "inspectors" there. It is also bad here in Washington in that the union is very strong here and both the licensing and permit requirements are stringent. As far as I can tell all of the inspectors here are government of some type. The state also requires all inspectors to be licensed in Washington state for four years before being allowed as an inspector.
And Bill, you are right about private inspectors having more incentive to "get it right". But as taxpayers it should bother us that too often government employees are NOT held as acountable as those in the private sector.
Don
