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   Mark | Feb 18, 2006 08:56pm | #1

   Sorry.   My license is only good in sarasota county.   This whole licensure  crap in florida is really what's causing the crappy construction and  shortage of good contractors  around here.

   I've never seen so many worthless hacks passing themselves off as contractors  anywhere else I've lived.  and all the while I cannot legally work anywhere.    it's funny.

   Kinda reminds me of Texas...  it is against the law to drive without insurance. You cannot get a drivers license without showing proof of insurance,    you cannot license your car without showing proof of insurance,  and yet  texas has the highest incidence of uninsured moterists in the country!

   I have lived in other places where they have no law requiring  car insurance and they have a very small rate of uninsured drivers.   likewise   I've lived where there is no licensure for contractors  and you really have to look hard to find any really bad ones.  It's called "free enteprise"   the bad ones eventually go out of business because they  suck.    while the good ones flourish.   in Florida  there just aren't enough to go around at all , period.  therefore  the bad ones,  of which there are many,   have no problem  staying profitable,  simply because they are the "only game in town".  Ultimately   the ones who wind up being the real losers  are the consumers.

   " If I were a carpenter"
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   DougU | Feb 19, 2006 07:09am | #2

   Mark

   I was just thinking about you the other day when I heard the new commercials for SXSW!

   Is it that hard to get licenced in other counties? I know nothing of the process, just curious. You know, I live in Texas, we don't need no stinking licence! Except to drive of course.

   Doug