MA LTC Question

[mdh]

3 trips back and forth and at least an hour and a half. I went Wed. morning and they turned me away because they were "too busy" but they were nice about it so I gave them the benefit. I went back at 6 and got the ball rolling, but I had to run back to the office to get some other documents they wanted to prove I owned a business in town (when I explicitly requested months ago what they would need for proof. And they told me the wrong thing.). What a hassle.

 

[Lynne]

So you're gonna have to cough up another $100?? [roll] [roll]

 

[mdh]

No, they're at least refunding the $100 since the application didn't even leave the office... As we speak I'm waiting for an officer to drop it off...

 

[Lynne]

Well. at least they're being decent enough to do that.

 

[mdh]

Yeah. I'm thankful for that at least. It's just really frustrating... Especially seeing that the #1 item on the very first page of the WPD packet states "You must apply at the Police Department of the Massachusetts city or town in which you are a resident or business owner."

One would think they'd revise that...

Oh, and did I mention Spfld PD only accepts apps M-F 8:30am-1pm? I guess I'm supposed to take a day off for this...

 

[Lynne]

Yeah. I'm thankful for that at least. It's just really frustrating... Especially seeing that the #1 item on the very first page of the WPD packet states "You must apply at the Police Department of the Massachusetts city or town in which you are a resident or business owner."

One would think they'd revise that...

Oh, and did I mention Spfld PD only accepts apps M-F 8:30am-1pm? I guess I'm supposed to take a day off for this...

Not all towns refuse a business owner. Some of them actually follow the law and will issue an ALP A.

 

[mdh]

Not all towns refuse a business owner. Some of them actually follow the law and will issue an ALP A.

Amen for that!!

The kicker is that this is a page typed up by WPD!! It has a bunch of other "town specific" info on it.

Maybe he just didn't like my pictures. :?

 

[mdh]

Well... went down to SPD yesterday and spent a good 2hrs doing it ALLLL over again. :? During the "interview" the LT basically read all my materials over and asked me a few questions about my reason letter for the ALP. Seemed to go okay... Then i had to wait about 45 minutes for printing. They hired 10 new people and had to process all of them before me. [evil] At the end of it all the clerk said to expect notification in about 2 months. Wonderful...

 

[matt]

I'll warn you now... the wait is maddening... It's only been 1.5weeks since I applied and I'm about to crawl out of my skin... I'm not normally impatient, but the wait is gettin' to me...

 

[Lynne]

I'll warn you now... the wait is maddening... It's only been 1.5weeks since I applied and I'm about to crawl out of my skin... I'm not normally impatient, but the wait is gettin' to me...

I think that's something we can all relate to. Take a deeeeeeep breath in - hold it for a second or two, then sloooooowly let it out. Repeat until your heart rate, BP, etc. return to normal. Then find a good book to read.