A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a diary about how the Oregon Engineering Board had proposed a $1000 fine against a fellow who helped me analyze the potential noise impacts from a power plant near a residential neighborhood. We then submitted that analysis to a City Council during a public hearing.
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The Oregon Engineering Board opened an investigation into my buddy for "engineering without a license" and they want to fine him $1000. A few days ago, in response to our discovery request, The Board produced their records in this prosecution.
The Board's records included a printout of my Kos Diary and all of the comments made on it. My Diary is now part of the official record in the Board's attack on our First Amendment rights.
Read below the fold for additional information.
I'd like to thank all of the Kos commenters for the very helpful discussion and suggestions in the original diary.
As a result of the diary and the leads provided by your comments, we've received funding commitments from allies of the First Amendment, and free legal help from several attorneys including storied constitutional scholars. If the Oregon Engineering Board wants to lose this case at the Supreme Court, we are ready to go.
I am darned glad I was relatively circumspect in that original Diary, not knowing that everything I wrote would be held against us. Being stone sober was a big help.
No doubt some of my more passonate responses to comments will be twisted against us. So I will stop writing now to avoid giving the Engineering Board any new "evidence."
Please forgive me if my responses to comments on this follow-up diary are a little terse, I hope you all understand.
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