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September 15, 1993 Mr. Bert Stone Marion County Building Permits 220 High St. Salem, OR 97301 Dear Mr. Stone: My husband and I are in the final stages of putting a manufactured home on a piece of property in Aumsvill]e; a process which has required us to have considerable contact with the building permit office and various inspectors, I've dealt with Tony, who inspected our storage building and John, who inspected our electrical system, and found the~ both to be exceptionally nice, polite and helpful. However, on Thursday, August 12th, st 3:30 PM, i returned from using a neighbor's telephone go find a man I did not know standing at the edge of oer house near our septic system. As I approached him I held out my hand and said, "Hi! I'm . . ." Ignoring my outstretched hand, interrupting my introduction~ and not identifying himsel£, he turned around and began screaming at me that our septic system was not installed to his specifications, that the entire system had to be taken out and that all work on I:he system was to stop. I explained to this man, who was later identified for me as Lee Grimes, that our contractor, Mr. Oharley Hess, had left the site temporarily and that I expected him back at any time. Lee Grimes continued to berate me and said, "I'11 tell you how this has to be done". I said, "Don~t tell me. I don't understand any of this. Tel.[ my contractor". He screamed, "I will tell you". I told him again that I expected Mr. Hess to return soon, and he was free to wait or free to go but I was not continuing our conversation. Lee Grimes wrote out a stop work order and tied it to Mr. Hess' backhoe, and was doing some further measurements when Mr. Hess returned. At that time Lee Grimes turned on Mr. Hess and began to scream at him. It was finally ascertained that Lee Grimes ~as looking at the wrong post through his transit, and the system had been installed as ordered. Lee Grimes offered no apology to me or to Mr. Hess for his appalling behavior.