By Roland Murphy for AZBEX
We’ve been naming and shaming
for years now, it seems
The end-of-year deadlines
that dash Seasons dreams.
Still, lots of agencies
demand your responses
Snatching feasts from your plates
dousing candles in sconces.
Once again, here we list
those unseemly deadlines,
and call out the issuers
on whose worth we opine.
These unholy timelines
drive us out of our gourds.
So come gather ‘round
For the Bah Humbug! Awards.
Planning | Design | Inspection
BIA needs a specialist
for Geo Info Support,
It’s due Twelve Thirty-One
Skip that beachside resort.
Mesa wants to examine
all its impact fees.
Jan Fifth is your deadline
Work through New Year’s, please please.
Development
FUSD 1 wants a
CRE broker.
Since it’s due 12/30
skip that ham in the smoker.
Coolidge is looking
to sell ‘round 6 acres.
The deadline’s New Year’s Eve.
Think they’ll get any takers?
Civil
Page says it needs
a BMX track.
Reply by 12/29
if you want to hear back.
Graham County is looking
to improve Talley Wash.
Another NYE deadline…
It’s making us cross.
Yuma County Jan 5.
wants to see drainage improving.
Meanwhile you’re in the corner
all sad and boo-hooing.
The same day as Greenlee
wants lights for its fairgrounds.
Due the first day you’re back,
It’s misery all ‘round.
Happy Holidays
Their cruel deadlines, we know
Mean your treetops won’t glisten.
They keep you too busy.
Maybe next year they’ll listen.
We feel you.
We know.
We see you all vexed.
But this year, like all years, Happy Holidays from BEX.