Now do Florida coasts next (seriously). In many Florida counties here you can hire your own "private inspectors" at a high price-tag to replace city/county building inspectors. Once that's done, the county can't even legally step on your property to investigate a complaint.

This enables developers to proceed without government intervention through completion of the home, then if anything, they pay fines that are maybe 1-2% of the project cost.

Meanwhile, even protected wildlife preserves are fair game. One trick used often here is listing the wrong address on your permits so that neighbors don't receive notices, then later they update it to the correct address claiming a scriber's error. This is starting to get some more attention but not enough to compel our elected officials to enforce their own building and zoning laws.