By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange
At the end of the year
All across Arizona
Moms and Dads planned excursions
To L.A. and Pamona
Each year we call out
All the mean-hearted Grinches
Whose year-end deadlines
Throw the staffs in the trenches
Submitters want to chill out
Hug the kids, go see Mom
But Humbug-y due dates
Mean their plans all get bombed
Yavapai needs Services
For Green Watershed Planning
Respondents are sinking
It’s lifeboats they’re manning
Historic Old Kingman
Wants zoning advice
Four days before New Year’s?
That’s not very nice
NAU’s fine Facilities want
Pro Services (Related)
Has ever a deadline been more
Loathed, even hated?
Avondale’s carbon slurry
Is creating tension
Since it’s due this week
We’ll request an extension
Wupatki Monument’s
Water monitor work
Has submittals due Friday
Why must they be jerks?
New Year’s Eve
Good times, they could roll
But Pima County wants sensors
For its sewer manholes
Frontera wants sub-bids
To develop storage
If we had the option
We’d serve them cold porridge
Layton wants subs
to build a hotel
Their mean-hearted deadline
Makes misery swell
A new store for Brake Max
Gets sub bids to Ryan
Go work your submittal
As the kiddies sit cryin’
Marsh needs subs to reno
A building in Page
As your partner sits glaring
Unamused and enraged
City of Phoenix
Needs help to find leaks
Guess there’s no hiking this year
All over Four Peaks
Maintaining/Repairing
Scottsdale water systems?
The deadline says maybe
We should ponder on this one
Phoenix again
With lighting repair?
A new Friday deadline
Oh – how could they dare?
The Army wants aggregate
Delivered to Yuma
Guess there’s no seeing Aunt Kate
Out there in Petaluma
Those are the Humbugs
Take comfort, don’t fear
At least there are fewer
Than there were last year.
Happy Holidays from the entire AZBEX Family!