anti-science

Via e-mail from the NC Conservation Network:

On May 15th, just before the start of the 2012 state legislative session, a key committee unveiled legislation that would purge scientists, doctors, and conservationists from the ranks of the state’s environmental and health boards.

It's been a popular meme for years that seats on boards and commissions are granted as favors, and are indicative of a bloated and corrupt government. In reality, most of the folks that sit on those seats do so out of a genuine desire to render public service. And we need them there: