> if stuff gets falsified on the affidavit we go after you after-the-fact

You'd better be prepared to demolish a lot of buildings if you're going to play it that way. A developer can have the buildings up, sold, the money moved offshore and the shell company responsible for the building wound up before the court case about lying on the affidavit completes.

Also, you'd better have a plan to deal with the angry voters.