Payoffs taking place.
It's been a time honored tradition since the city of Ur, and human nature hasn't changed at all.
I used to see it on the East Coast when a true dump would have a high score posted on the window. Not a “hole in the wall” but a true dump.
I guess Benjamin is still the language of city inspectors everywhere.
City of Denton hired an assistant Dallas city manager as the city manager. Under his management and city council guidelines, city had, when I moved a few years ago, about a dozen Code Enforcement officers and 2 Health inspectors. Reasoning was that the city made more money off code enforcement than restaurant inspections.