I'm good friends with one of the commissioners. Probably a little too high in the chain to put in a good word.

Advice? I work with RRC often. My biggest complaint (and I've voiced this to commissioner friend) is the lack of O&G knowledge from the inspectors. They can't tell the difference between a reserve pit and a makeup pit. It's not hard. Figure out who the "bad" operators are and enforce accordingly. Leverage relationships with your good operators and learn the business. If you play it right, you'll leverage yourself into a job with an operator make 2-3x what you'll make as an inspector. But only if you take the time to learn what you're inspecting.