So funny!
This was too good to pass up.
Spotted this bit of news in The Post Bulletin - which is the local paper here.
(PS: When I say local, I really mean local. A sign disappearing from a store front makes top news and moms wanting a playground is the home news cover.)
Anywaaaay, there was this story about a company in Winona (which is about half an hour east of here) getting in trouble with the local government.
It started back in 2001. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ordered a company - then called Winona Excavating - to stop work and pay a $6,000 fine because it felt that the company had not handled abestos and mercury properly during a demolition shop. (They store down a fish shop)
Miffed, the owners decided to start work again and filed for permits under the name MPCAFU.
The authorities only cottoned on to the deception and defiant name two years later when an employee read in the paper that Winona Excavating was demolishing another building.
It took a 16-month (!) investigation, and it finally resulted in a $100,000 fine.
The company has also agreed to cease all demolition work for a year (under any name) while its employees are trained in handling and removing abestos.
Goes to show that authorities around the world, not only in sg, don't go in for that sense of humour thing.
Me? I just couldn't stop smiling at the story.
Spotted this bit of news in The Post Bulletin - which is the local paper here.
(PS: When I say local, I really mean local. A sign disappearing from a store front makes top news and moms wanting a playground is the home news cover.)
Anywaaaay, there was this story about a company in Winona (which is about half an hour east of here) getting in trouble with the local government.
It started back in 2001. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ordered a company - then called Winona Excavating - to stop work and pay a $6,000 fine because it felt that the company had not handled abestos and mercury properly during a demolition shop. (They store down a fish shop)
Miffed, the owners decided to start work again and filed for permits under the name MPCAFU.
The authorities only cottoned on to the deception and defiant name two years later when an employee read in the paper that Winona Excavating was demolishing another building.
It took a 16-month (!) investigation, and it finally resulted in a $100,000 fine.
The company has also agreed to cease all demolition work for a year (under any name) while its employees are trained in handling and removing abestos.
Goes to show that authorities around the world, not only in sg, don't go in for that sense of humour thing.
Me? I just couldn't stop smiling at the story.
