NC man investigated for questioning government policy (original) (raw)

10:43 am - NC man investigated for questioning government policy

Government officials don't like it when their policies are criticized, especially when the criticism is based on high-quality analysis. But they aren't usually so blatant as to have people investigated for doing quality work. Case in point: Kevin Lacy, chief traffic engineer for the North Carolina DOT, didn't like it when David N. Cox presented an engineering-quality analysis to show that traffic signals are needed in certain locations. He asked the N.C. Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors to investigate Cox for "practicing engineering without a license."

You'd think the licensing board would tell Lacy to stuff it, but they're pursuing the investigation:

Andrew L. Ritter, executive director of the engineers licensing board, said it will take three or four months to investigate Lacy's allegation against Cox. He said there is a potential for violation if DOT and the public were misled by "engineering-quality work"- even if the authors did not claim to be engineers.

If you criticize the government in North Carolina, make sure your research is sloppy. Accurate and detailed work is, in the upside-down world of the cartel-enforcers, "misleading."