POST REGISTER
November 22, 1996
Page A-12
"FORMER ENGINEER ALLEGES CITY FORCED HIM FROM JOB" by Gene Fadness
"Letters from the State’s Board of Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyors support Turner’s assertions, the complaint says."
"The complaint said Turner would not stamp the projects because he feared loss of his engineering license. He also feared the City could be liable for hiring an engineering administrator who has basically the same duties as a city engineer but is not licensed."
POST REGISTER
January 5, 1999
FORMER CITY ENGINEER APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT
"Engineers nationwide are rallying to Turner’s cause, creating a fund to help pay his legal bills. One national publication, the Engineering News-Record, listed Turner as a finalist for its Award of Excellence."
"What’s the point of having a city engineer if, when he doesn’t approve a project, the city gets someone from outside the city to sign it."
"The Engineers News-Record, published in New York City, editorializes in its current issue:
"At the cost of his job, Ed Turner, longtime City Engineer of Idaho Falls, held to the principle of responsible change and put engineering ethics before expedience."
POST REGISTER
April 19, 1999
Front Page
ENGINEER’S COMPLAINT AGAINST CITY WON’T DIE
"Fellow engineers regard him a hero for taking on city hall and defending what they regard as their sacred calling to protect public health and safety against poor engineering that could cause a sewer to back up or a building to collapse."
"Turner will receive the Vanguard Award from the American Engineering Alliance Wednesday right in New York City."
"On the next night, the Engineering News-Record, an engineering periodical, will honor Turner as one of about a half dozen finalists for its Award of Excellence, the magazine’s highest honor."
"The case caught the attention of engineers nationwide who are concerned about a growing trend by governments to hire non-engineers to supervise engineering departments."
"It’s the number one concern in the industry right now," said New York City’s Galletta"
"It really scares the hell out of me when I see non-engineer running engineering offices,"" Galletta said. "Where is the concern for public safety?"