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To: GraceZ who wrote (158062)	10/17/2008 1:01:46 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Respond to of 306849

I agree with you. A license only means that the contractor SHOULD know how to do the job. I am currently in HVAC classes in the community college. Two of the students are really sharp, wanting to learn and do the job right. I would happily let them work on my equipment because they actually want to do their best work and get the job done correctly. The other 16 are dumber than Bush, if that's possible, and only in it for the money. They are the type who always do the least they can to get by. Licensed or not, I wouldn't want them anywhere near any equipment I am responsible for.

To: GraceZ who wrote (158062)	10/17/2008 2:49:34 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

OT: Toledo moves to shut down Joe the non-Plumber for working illegally ( I know some non-liscenced Gypsies that will fix your roof, FOR CHEAP.. ) Wurzelbacher registered as an apprentice with the Ohio State Apprenticeship Council in November 2003, according to Dennis Evans, spokesman with the Department of Job and Family Services. Records show his training, which was sponsored by A & W Newell Co. of Toledo, should have been wrapped last year. “We don’t have a record of completion,” Evans said. “All we know is that he registered in the program and has gone through to the point where we should have record of completion, but we don’t.” And that’s not the only record that’s missing from Wurzelbacher’s file. He doesn’t have a plumbing license required by the city of Toledo to practice, according to a staffer with the Toledo Division of Building Inspection. Wurzelbacher, who now works for Newell Plumbing & Heating Co., said the owner, Al Newell, has a plumbing license and that “because he works for someone else, he doesn’t need a license.” But even that’s not true, according to the Toledo Division of Building Inspection. Wurzelbacher can’t legally do plumbing work without a license, regardless of his boss’s certification. A staff person with the Toledo Division of Building Inspection told On Call this afternoon that her division will contact Wurzelbacher to notify him that he can’t work without a license. “We’re trying to track him down,” she said.