[Mpls] Licensure

While I believe that we should abandon all professional licenses in the State and City, the worst cases of such licenses are the requirements for the contracting professions to get separate licenses in Minneapolis, as Jim Graham brought up previously. These rules seem so obviously unnecessary and

Re: [Mpls] Licensure and a request of new 3rd Ward CM

[Jim Graham] P.S. Eric says, "There has been illegal activity in every single employer I have ever had, and that's been everything from corporate to small business, to non-profit, to public sector." I am glad to see Eric acknowledge this. After our discussion of PPL and Fair Housing Law, is there

[Mpls] Licensure and a request of new 3rd Ward CM

While politicians do make statutes for the State regulatory functions for licensed professions in the trades, they do not, there after, do the actual regulating. The Secretary of Commerce's office does that. This removes individual Senators and Representatives from the ability to extort tribute

[Mpls] Licensure

I don't see any reason why professionals have to license each other. After all, what we really want is proof that the person in question actually IS a professional. A background check, determining that (a) there is actually an existing degree in the required field and (b) there are no past inst

Re: [Mpls] Licensure

Jim Mork wrote: > We read that licensure is a failure because the > licensing agency runs the licensing. That doesnt > make licensing a bad idea (if you believe that, > don't bother to require your teen to have one > before driving). My response: I didn't say anything about all licensure being a

[Mpls] Licensure; Income Disparity

We read that licensure is a failure because the licensing agency runs the licensing. That doesnt make licensing a bad idea (if you believe that, don't bother to require your teen to have one before driving). It makes quasi-official bodies which are really medieval guilds a bad idea. So, don't ev

[Mpls] Licensure

I, too, think the city fathers should get behind an effort to have licensure only by the state. That will be a strong sign that they don't want too much coziness with those regulated. It would be a clean-government move. And the state standards should be strong enough to suffice for Minneapolis.