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N.C. Official Sics License Police On Computer Scientist For Too Good a Complaint
snsh writes "When a computer scientist in North Carolina petitioned the state for a new traffic signal in his neighborhood, a transportation official replied with a complaint about what 'appears to be engineering-level work' done by someone who is not licensed as a professional engineer." Kevin Lacy, chief traffic engineer for the state DOT, and the one who filed a complaint with the N.C. Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors, protested that in trying to have Computer Scientist David Cox investigated for his detailed complaint about a traffic intersection while not licensed as a professional engineer, "I'm not trying to hush him up."
Typical NC bureaucracy in action. Both the DOT and the licensing board. All five of my professional licenses are issued and "supervised" by idiots who can't do the work themselves and make a living, and and the work I do under three of them are subject to review and oversight by morons who are either political hires or failed contractors with political connections. Perfect case in point. Greensboro is in Guilford county. The county has an inspection department for refrigeration work done in the county, while the city has an inspections department for refrigeration work done in the city. Both departments use the state building codes, with no amendments or other crap. What the code says is what the county/city codes are. If I install two identical walk-in coolers, one in Guilford county, and the other one 20 feet over the line and in Greensboro, and install them both in the same exact manner, one will fail. In Guilford county if the inspector sees any silicone caulk around the camlock covers (little things that look like smooth metal buttons on the walls and ceilings of walk-ins that cover where the camlock holes are at) he will fail it. Conversely, if a Greensboro city inspector, using the same state codes, does not see the caulk, he will fail it. The Electrical inspectors are the same, yet worse, as each one as their own personal likes and dislikes, and you do it their way or get failed. And if I should protest something and submit documents that I drew using standard architectural or engineering symbols, nicely plotted with all "projections" and such calculated correctly, am I going to be investigated also? Fucktard politicians now want to allow failass bureaucrats to stamp out smart people. Or hell, just plain competent people.