Florida House Update, 5:15EST: Amendment on the floor offered by Rep. Gunter Chain, to amend the title of PCB BCAS 11-01 (HB 5005) to "DEREGULATE THE...
That's backwards. They can't change anything without the vote. Until the vote actually happens, they have to keep moving forward like as though the ...
Sure, it will still be performed - by anyone who wants to offer surveying services, whether licensed or not. And there will be no enforceable consequ...
"My plumber agreed with your plumber that new pipe was better than rusted pipe. "Aha... see? Joe the Plumber in professional collusion with Bill the...
From my experience, BORs don't just stand around looking for trouble. Usually all they have to go on is complaints from consumers or other profession...
> "The PCB alleviates unnecessary restrictions for entry into certain professions." Where is there meaningful demand for entry into the surveying p...
What I see is nothing more than the same partisan, ideological nonsense. Most BORs are budget-neutral, if not making money for their respective state...
It's not their job to elevate the profession. It's the job of your professional societies to elevate the profession.It's the BOR's job to enforce tha...
Just stop it, already, Tommy. NOBODY I KNOW, MYSELF INCLUDED, IS AN ADVOCATE FOR BIG GOVERNMENT OR NANNY STATES JUST FOR THE PURE SAKE OF BIG GOVERNM...
Mr. Berry,Like it or not, it's a fact that deregulation of industry is a central plank of the conservative platform. That makes it a partisan issue. ...
As I likewise read it, that is correct. They are planning to deregulate land surveying completely. In Florida, anyone and everyone will be able to c...
The Berne Convention ExplainedOstensibly, since the work itself has already been paid for with taxpayer dollars, the only reasonable charge would be p...
I'm running VirtualBox on a couple of machines, and have a variety of OS's running successfully for a variety of projects and testing, such as Ubuntu ...
It's exactly those types of municipal sewer and water projects that were eligible for Stimulus funds. Particularly, ones like you describe, that were...
> Municipality and infrastructure type projects are picking up. The construction project that stopped two years ago are starting up again, and new ...
I'm not at all complacent. Unlike many other surveyors, I have been already been using GIS tools for quite some time, and I'm one of the rare few who...
People must not confuse the ends with the means. GIS is just a tool. Without the domain expertise of getting the job done correctly is not the same ...