Edson,

Thanks for the fast reply.   My co-worker is trying to reproduce this in a sample app that we could show you.  If we can get to that point I'll post it.

I do believe we are compiling the rules each time.  We are building our application with Grails and using a plugin for Drools.  So, we don't have very much control over how we are using it.  I will look into the source of the plugin to see if I can tell what it is doing. 

If that is what it is doing, should it be? 

Thanks again,
Dave