we (me and some other contractors casually talking) have seen an increase in prick inspections. not so much for the ones who've been around, but driving around and LOOKING for home improvements homeowners did without getting the nece$$ary permits like dead water heaters sitting on the curb, piles of remodeling materials disguised at street curb trash... hard times, counties wanting to generate income medina county, medina police department has a facebook page and a year ago or so they took a ton of heat for asking the good citizens to report broken windows, folks who blew grass into the street etc.. nothing to do with crime and all to do with sign ze papers good citizen