And he said to me, “Brad when you design your business remember that the rebate programs are designed for big companies and they will turn them on and off to get rid of you.” And he said it in the most stark way that somebody could say something like that.
And it stuck and I watched over the years as these rebate programs got turned on and off. On and off. Delay of payments of up to a year. And I watched my competitors jump in with all the gleam and enthusiasm that you could imagine only to get friggin burned.

No I had to go get four signatures and I could only get two of them because two of them weren’t home. They sent letters but the letters weren’t responded to because the two homes were bleeping empty. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time.
And then to be thrown to the fire department, it’s just like, wow. I can’t wait to explain that to the judge – if the judge will listen to me. I’ll tell the judge – particularly as you say you lost your case and the judge has deference for Torrance, I’ll be public in court and say, “I will be appealing this so I hope you take this very seriously.”
And so that’s the latest on my case with the Torrance Hillside Overlay. I still don’t have my permit and I’m now stuck at the Fire Department who thinks they should be doing something about it.