Invoice the government, generously, for your expenses. Remember, if the government won't accept the invoice, invoice the man or woman who is the government official. After all, government can't act without a man or woman holding the governmental office, and ordering something be done. If they don't pay, sue them at Queen's Bench, where everything is done man/woman to man/woman. If they don't show up, get a default judgment, and sell it to those who buy judgments. Or follow through with your local law enforcement, and literally take everything that they own, right at their own home.