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"Shannon C. Dealy" wrote:

>While it might be a mistake to 
>assume they are the enemy, it is a good
>idea to be very careful about
>what you reveal to them early on

What Shannon said!

When we bought our property, I asked copious questions of the county, but was 
very careful to say that we hadn't purchased anything *yet*, and was only 
speaking hypothetically.  It didn't hurt that I lavished praise on them for 
being so helpful (going so far as to write their supervisors to tell them what 
a splendid job they were doing).

The man we've retained to do the forestry plan on the property is a bit more 
candid about what we can do *legally* vs. what we can get away with 
*practically*.  While he knows very little about cob construction, he knows a 
tremendous amount about building small, discrete structures without permits.  ;)

Brina