Especially post 2008, when the Commission closed many of their local field offices. But this whole; because one alleged X-operator in Y-community doesn't operate within the rules, means nothing to the rest of the country. There is always going to be someone who chooses to operate outside the rules. That doesn't mean it's okay for everyone to do it, or that if you get caught there won't be costly penalties.There is more to this than power output. There have been / are translators with no originating station, violations of Nielsen's PPM encoding and simple things like no legal ID when there was not an originating station either.
A number of local stations.... legal and compliant ones... have registered complaints but the situation is such that it's not worth taking the time and spending on legal counsel and engineering to put the violators to rest.
They can only fine a station if they find a violation. If excess power is cut before an inspector gets in the elevator, then there is nothing to cite. And the FCC does not have the time, budget or staff to watch this one on a daily basis.