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SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT

This is when city and county code enforcement officers may seemingly ignore violations on property owned by "politically influential" business leaders in your community, essentially selectively enforcing rules and regulations for the privileged few, while "sticking it" to other business owners who may not be so influential.

Those business owners with deep political connections may have "ways" to hinder or even halt code investigations, hence getting their property inspections called off or postponed while other less influential business owners may have to follow code rules and regulations to the "letter of the law", so to speak. You could say the "good ole' boy" system of politics in America is still very much alive and well.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: FT. LAUDERDALE SUN SENTINEL NEWSPAPER 7/2/96

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