Dozens of citations issued following state building contractor sting operation

Published: Friday, Sept. 21 2012 5:33 p.m. MDT

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State investigators are cracking down on unlicensed contractors. The state did a weeklong sting operation in Davis and Washington counties, advertising the need for repairs at two decoy houses, one in Fruit Heights and the other in St. George.

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My2Cents

Taylorsville, UT

As usual this sting focused on the money the state was losing and not on whether these workers were skilled in doing the job they were performing. Sure, there are the scams but that is more likely to happen with a licensed contractor than an More..

3:32 a.m. Sept. 22, 2012
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DVD

Taylorsville, 00

Freedom does not mean that we have to live with 'caveat emptor'. Licensing and regulation are needed to keep crooks from reigning like kings in every field of labor

9:34 p.m. Sept. 21, 2012
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JDL

Magna, UT

My2Cents:

Your rant that licensed contractors rip off their customers with extravagant and inflated bids is is not founded and is a gross generalization. As is often the case with your posts, you mix up several themes that individually may More..

9:50 a.m. Sept. 22, 2012
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