From the News & Observer’s follow-up story about the DOT bureaucrat who’s asked a state licensing board to investigate the North Raleigh residents who’ve dared to disagree with a DOT decision about street lights comes a fascinating assertion. I ask this: What phony engineer problem? (emphasis is mine)
Technology blogs and populist websites have spread the North Carolina story. A magazine for engineers interviewed state officials last week. Andrew Ritter, executive director of North Carolina’s engineering examiners board, said his counterparts from six other states asked him about it at a recent conference.
Ritter and Greer Beaty, a DOT spokeswoman, said Lacy is supported by professionals who understand the need to guard the public from being misled by phony engineers.
“Kevin did what he believed in his core was the right thing to do,” Beaty said.
Lacy and other licensed engineers are obligated by law to report possible violations.
“That professional responsibility is high,” Ritter said. “If they call us, we’ll tell them, ‘You don’t have to make the judgment. We’ll make the judgment. Send it over.’ ”
