[Alberta's Child]

His only "crime" was that he identified himself as an engineer when he sent his correspondence to the city or county government.

If I presented an opinion on a legal matter and I identified myself as a lawyer in my correspondence with the governing body I was dealing with, you can be damn sure that the state bar association would have a problem with it (and rightfully so) if I wasn't really a lawyer.

[artichokegrower]

Maybe he drives a train.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

“If I presented an opinion on a legal matter and I identified myself as a lawyer in my correspondence with the governing body I was dealing with, you can be damn sure that the state bar association would have a problem with it (and rightfully so) if I wasn’t really a lawyer. “

You are confusing ambiguous reference to credentials with the commission of prohibited acts.

Generally the law prohibits “the unauthorized PRACTICE of [engineering, law]. Stating “I am a [lawyer, engineer, doctor] and this is what I think about what you are doing” even if you were not licensed, when you hadn’t actually done anything, and weren’t hired by anyone and weren’t purporting to represent anyone other than yourself, is not the practice of anything.