No matter what you you may hear, read, or otherwise intuit from the misinformed media, TRCC is 100% builder-friendly. If they did sanction a builder or two, here or there, it was only because those builders had somehow fallen from grace (stopped kissing ass) with the Commission and needed to be used as sacrificial lambs for the media show.

I have been dealing with these assholes since the very beginning, up close and personal. You could not possibly meet a more unctuous, self-serving pack of liars without convening with Bush's cabinet. They are all builders, builders' attorneys, and suppliers for builders. Check out their bios. Follow the money.

It is common knowledge among Metroplex builders that TRCC's performance standards are totally unenforceable. I have them tell that to my clients on a regular basis when faced with violations noted in my reports. Only the few quasi-ethical (or those extremely desperate to unload their houses) builders even attempt to address issues in light of these standards. The rest fall back on their ability to reign in their municipal inspectors through political pressure, favors, and pecuniary recompense, thereby skirting not only TRCC regs, but the IRC and NEC codes as well.

Additionally, I run into builders in unicorporated areas on an alarmingly regular basis that are not registered with TRCC and so their projects are also not registered. Complaints sent to TRCC about these situations either fall on deaf ears or fall directly into the round file. I have also encountered major custom builders in Preston Hollow and Southlake (over-priced yuppie havens in Dallas) that do not even bother to register their projects.

It worries me that professional inspectors in Texas would even toy with the idea that TRCC is somehow legitimate. Wake up folks! This is Texas politics!! What the *&%# were you thinking???

Aaron