It is worth going to Nola and reading the entire article. This is the past paragraph ...
Chode, thanks for finding that pic. A quick search last night didn't find any reference beyond this article to Ms. Tweeter. Could G__gle have already been scrubbed?
Certification is the process that we use to ensure that our employees and employers know what they are doing. There are lots of times that everyone cuts corners just to get the job done, and times that the inspector just adds a check mark to a long list of inspections to be done that day.
As citizens we pay for city inspectors to know about the matters being inspected. And there is a reason that we pay well for a Professional Engineer to have a clue ... so bridges and buildings don't fall down.