the latest letter from jordan bowman, private attorney and county attorney for shenandoah county, virginia, is harassment--it will NOT stand.

another letter from bowman...  (sigh)

let's look at the facts:

• does bowman have all the answers? no. he's a lawyer working for a private law firm. what does he know about construction, drainage, etc.?
• does mark griffey, building official for shenandoah county, have all the answers? no. what are his qualifications? does he have a degree in civil engineering? is he a licensed engineer? how many years' experience as a licensed engineer does he have in construction, drainage, geotechnical engineering, etc.?
• does anyone at shenandoah county have a license to practice engineering and more than 40 years' experience doing so?
• does toothman have all the answers? obviously, no. he breaks the law by not following the building code. he can't read plans, e.g., the approved grading plan for stony pointe. he thinks that water flows uphill, e.g. flexible plastic drainage pipe with peaks and valleys and buried outlet ends and gutters that are undersized and level. 
• does toothman's engineer have all the answers? no. he should know better than to come up with a cockamamie, numbskull scheme for a 80 ft. long trench next to my foundation wall that will fill up with water.  and flexible plastic pipe on a 1% grade. what some people will do for $!
• does ms. ruffner have all the answers? obviously, no. one has to look no farther than the grading in the front and rear of ms. ruffner's property to know why she has mold in her crawl space. the ground slopes towards her foundation walls--a clear violation of R401.3 in the state building code. ms. ruffner's mold has everything to do with alan toothman construction inc. and failures of shenandoah county's office of building inspection and code enforcement and county attorney's office. the mold in ms. ruffner's crawl space has nothing to do with us.

• I own the property
• I'm a retired civil engineer with a degree in civil engineering
• I held licenses to practice civil engineering in several states, including virginia
• I have 40+ years experience in civil engineering, construction, drainage, etc. 

so, if you had a flooded crawl space, caused by the builder breaking the law, with shenandoah county and ms. ruffner trying to shove the builder's "fix" down your throat, who would you give precedence to? 

• bowman?
• griffey?
• shenandoah county?
• toothman?
• toothman's engineer?
• ms. ruffner?

• or the property owner? after all, it's his property. he's also a retired civil engineer, who has a degree in civil engineering, who's held licenses to practice engineering in several states, including virginia, and who has more than 40 years' experience in civil engineering and construction.

griffey, bowman, toothman--it doesn't pass the smell test.

PS in his last letter to me bowman said: "Any building code violation is now your responsibility." minds of mush: how shenandoah co. va. mishandled a clear building code violation Now Bowman says: "If this issue is not resolved within 30 days, then the county will have no choice but to evaluate its enforcement options against you and proceed accordingly." 

This is harassment, and it will not stand. worse than incompetence is arrogant incompetence.

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"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." 
U.S. Constitution, amendment 4

citizens of shenandoah county: 

• you deserve to be protected from construction that doesn't meet the state building code
• you deserve competent building inspection and code enforcement
• you deserve county and state government that defends you, not lawbreaking builders 

       ➤ SPEAK OUT
       ➤ SPREAD THE WORD
       ➤ VOTE

listen to the guy who knows:

• not bowman
• not griffey 
• not smith
• not toothman
• not lellock
• not ruffner

listen to the engineer who has 40 years experience in civil engineering, construction and drainage and who was licensed to practice civil engineering in Virginia and several other states. 

virginia 
shenandoah county
strasburg
stony pointe 
toothman