Send us Fan Mail Some deals glitter at the start and ruin you by the end. We open up about three real stories from people we know—a contractor, a photographer, and a dry cleaner—who took on marquee work, did the job, and then hit a wall of delays, lawsuits, and nonpayment. The pattern is hard to ignore and harder to carry when payroll, vendors, and families depend on checks that never arrive. This isn’t about partisan point-scoring for us; it’s about conduct, leverage, and what happens when p...