Permit Purgatory in Unincorporated Arapahoe County

[Maureen M.]

Hello Fellow Flippers in Denver Area - Last ditch hope, but I have to put my question out to the Bigger Pockets universe. We currently own a 40% renovated home in Unincorporated Arapahoe County (Holly Hills). We submitted for a remodel permit on February 1. To this day, we still do not have a permit. Building dept. for Unincorporated Arapahoe County is apparently overwhelmed and understaffed. We have shaken the trees as much as possible but from the Board of Commissioners, Director of Public Works, Manager of Building Dept to the assigned plan examiner, they have closed ranks on us and given us the boilerplate response of "you're in line, wait your turn." It's infuriating because this is a straightforward all interior renovation without expanding or changing the existing footprint of the single-family home. Does anyone have any advice, connections or suggestions? Thank you!