The short answer is no. I think it is the appropriate pitch. Obviously there are other approaches. You could have an inspection system, you could have a monitoring system, you could have a reporting system--all of it. They are very costly, they are very intrusive, and I'm not convinced they would be more effective. I think the system we have strikes the right balance between protecting the public by ensuring there's a code that's adhered to, but also by having a system that punishes those who offend the code.
On March 4th, 2008. See this statement in context.