It seemed like an easy way to keep an unofficial count.

If there was a home on every vacant lot, we wouldn't be able to service them all until at least 2009. We didn't expect 7,300 building permits and people coming in droves.

Because of that we cannot issue a building permit.

They're doing an internal investigation to determine whether this warrants any disciplinary action.

We don't figure out how much we are losing in property taxes if a commercial property was being built instead of a tax-exempt church. It is part of a city doing business that some property will be tax-exempt.

It's basically saying I'll vouch for the guy.