Nuisance of the Day. Thank You Texas!!
Nuisance of the Day. Thank You Texas!!
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Just had to get fingerprinted. Apparently Texas feels the need to do criminal background checks on all new and existing engineers.
Are there criminal elements becoming Texas PE's? Is this a huge problem? How long before this catches on in other states? With each one having a minor tweak making the checks in one state not applicable to the others.
Are there criminal elements becoming Texas PE's? Is this a huge problem? How long before this catches on in other states? With each one having a minor tweak making the checks in one state not applicable to the others.





RE: Nuisance of the Day. Thank You Texas!!
Mike McCann, PE, SE
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How about under prison walls?
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And the very same people who complain about federal government intrusion in the states have no problem intruding in our lives.
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Not really. Tunnels would fall under civil engineering works, so they need to be safe for those above, in case the tunnel caves in. Additionally, there is at least a violation of property rights; I think you'd be concerned if I were to dig a tunnel under your house, even if I didn't bother you. In my case, however, the oil company still maintains mineral rights, so you would be running afoul of a multibillion dollar company if you attempted to dig under my house.
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The very most maddening thing about this whole farce is that - supposedly, it is meant to "verify" that we are who we say we are when we ask for a state license to practice engineering ... BUT THEN THE FED'S ALLOW ANYBODY INTO THE STATE DELIBERATELY!
For voting? No ID's wanted.
For employment as an illegal? No id, no citizenship, no taxes, no safety? No problemo.
For getting welfare? No problemo.
For getting in-state tuition credits as an illegal alien? No problemo.
If you want to work legally? Muchos problemos!
Want to renew your license legally? Be ready to dig out your marriage license, certified birth certificate, fingerprint card, go to the office, pay the fees, take time off from work to get there, swear in front of the bureaucrat, ....
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Just because you got a DUI in 1978, shouldn't disqualify you from designing a beam (or becoming president).
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Against the law to not verify employment status
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Understood and agreed. But confronted with a problem, bureaucrats just do something, whether there is any logic in what they do or not.
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They should only be designed by upstanding engineers.
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I am out-of-state (GA, near Atlanta) so there was extra time lost getting my sheriff's department to take the fingerprints and pay them, their parking fee, courthouse security, extra driving, etc. More on Monday for mailing the printed forms off to Illinois to get an "ok" from the "secure database in the sky" to say I am who I say I am to the powers-that-be.
Then more time waiting for Illinois to get me their reply, then to get that reply letter to TX so I can pay them their money.
But, to vote for these cretins demanding these changes?
NO ID, no papers, no checks, no verification of anything. No NADA.
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