Comments on: Has the Texas Board of Professional Engineers gone corrupt? http://engr101.com/2009/12/01/has-the-texas-board-of-professional-engineers-gone-corrupt/ An architectural and engineering learning resource site. Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Krista N. http://engr101.com/2009/12/01/has-the-texas-board-of-professional-engineers-gone-corrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Krista N. Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:10:14 +0000 http://engr101.com/?p=38#comment-472 There should be federal legislation giving protection to licensed professionals. Due process is ignored whenever corrupt licensing boards find it's in their own interests. I'm a former Maine dentist who was maliciously prosecuted by the dental board. I did nothing to violate the state dental practice act. The truth was that one of the seven board members reneged on an agreement over office space, leaving me temporarily with no facility. It was a big business setback to me, but the board attacked me nonetheless. Clearly there was a conflict of interest and no chance for me to receive due process. Many other dentists in that state have been similarly treated. Some, like me, were forced out of the state and had our businesses destroyed and our careers severely impacted. Why no government agencies care one bit about this travesty of justice is mind-boggling. There should be federal legislation giving protection to licensed professionals. Due process is ignored whenever corrupt licensing boards find it’s in their own interests. I’m a former Maine dentist who was maliciously prosecuted by the dental board. I did nothing to violate the state dental practice act. The truth was that one of the seven board members reneged on an agreement over office space, leaving me temporarily with no facility. It was a big business setback to me, but the board attacked me nonetheless. Clearly there was a conflict of interest and no chance for me to receive due process. Many other dentists in that state have been similarly treated. Some, like me, were forced out of the state and had our businesses destroyed and our careers severely impacted. Why no government agencies care one bit about this travesty of justice is mind-boggling.

]]> By: Charles I. http://engr101.com/2009/12/01/has-the-texas-board-of-professional-engineers-gone-corrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Charles I. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:26:15 +0000 http://engr101.com/?p=38#comment-185 This PE keeps praying that lightning will strike the TBOPE. I'm licensed in numerous states but TBOPE has to be the most corrupt in the nation. This PE keeps praying that lightning will strike the TBOPE. I’m licensed in numerous states but TBOPE has to be the most corrupt in the nation.

]]> By: Marcellus Occhuizzo http://engr101.com/2009/12/01/has-the-texas-board-of-professional-engineers-gone-corrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Marcellus Occhuizzo Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:46:49 +0000 http://engr101.com/?p=38#comment-115 Very few posts peak my interest or my comments, but this one was great! Very few posts peak my interest or my comments, but this one was great!

]]> By: Wade Countis http://engr101.com/2009/12/01/has-the-texas-board-of-professional-engineers-gone-corrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Wade Countis Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:36:23 +0000 http://engr101.com/?p=38#comment-101 Hi There, I just spent a little time reading through your posts, which I found entirely by mistake whilst researching one of my projects. Please continue to write more because it's unusual that someone has something interesting to say about this. Will be waiting for more! Hi There, I just spent a little time reading through your posts, which I found entirely by mistake whilst researching one of my projects. Please continue to write more because it’s unusual that someone has something interesting to say about this. Will be waiting for more!

]]> By: Wayne Caswell http://engr101.com/2009/12/01/has-the-texas-board-of-professional-engineers-gone-corrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Wayne Caswell Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:45:32 +0000 http://engr101.com/?p=38#comment-28 I’m happy to see agency corruption exposed, because a lack of accountability and regulatory oversight has turned Texas into “The Wild West of Homebuilding” beset by rampant fraud and deception. Unscrupulous builders literally have a license to steal, and homeowners have virtually no chance of recovering their actual damages. Texas leads the nation in homes built, yet it’s the only major homebuilding state that does not license homebuilders. Good builders struggle when forced to compete against unqualified or unscrupulous ones who cut corners, pass risks onto homeowners, and hide behind a legal and regulatory system that shields them from lawsuits. Since a new home is often the largest purchase that most people will make in their lifetimes, the consequences of homebuilder fraud and deception can be financially devastating. See http://homeownersoftexas.org/Licensing.html to contrast Builder Licensing versus Registration, and see http://homeownersoftexas.org/TRCC-Eulogy.html to learn how our nonprofit consumer group convinced lawmakers to abolish the TRCC, the abusive agency that protected builders while giving buyers a false sense of security. I’m happy to see agency corruption exposed, because a lack of accountability and regulatory oversight has turned Texas into “The Wild West of Homebuilding” beset by rampant fraud and deception. Unscrupulous builders literally have a license to steal, and homeowners have virtually no chance of recovering their actual damages. Texas leads the nation in homes built, yet it’s the only major homebuilding state that does not license homebuilders.

Good builders struggle when forced to compete against unqualified or unscrupulous ones who cut corners, pass risks onto homeowners, and hide behind a legal and regulatory system that shields them from lawsuits. Since a new home is often the largest purchase that most people will make in their lifetimes, the consequences of homebuilder fraud and deception can be financially devastating.

See http://homeownersoftexas.org/Licensing.html to contrast Builder Licensing versus Registration, and see http://homeownersoftexas.org/TRCC-Eulogy.html to learn how our nonprofit consumer group convinced lawmakers to abolish the TRCC, the abusive agency that protected builders while giving buyers a false sense of security.

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