I'm one of the biggest John Fenton supporters on this list -- but I really don't see what option UCD had. There were:
1) Serious allegations about UCD and a political campaign that were printed in the media 2) People _on this list_ so outraged by it that they were threatening to call for a government investigation -- Al, in fact, asked people to consider joining in a group complaint to the IRS on the "use of [UCD]'s resrouces on behalf of a political candidate" I think that if UCD had done nothing, there would have been several people here screaming that Lewis was whitewashing illegal activities, that crimes were being committed and nothing was being done. I think UCD's biggest deficiency here has been in not releasing any updates about the investigation -- even if to say "the investigation is proceeding" -- I've heard wild rumors on the street, but I've heard very little from actual sources. Why, for example, has no one interviewed the two students? This could have been cleared up in a day I think if someone asked them specific questions about what they did that day, in light of the councilwoman's explanation that there was a day-long neighborhood rally which she and tom knox stopped at for fifteen minutes. Did they put up campaign signs? Or did they cut grass? In the face of the allegations on the news I think suspension with pay during the investigation was the best way for UCD to protect themselves from accusations of whitewashing. What puzzles me is that the investigation took so long and that so little information has come out. So I'll ask, since you're suggesting Lewis should no longer run UCD because of his suspension of John, _how should_ have UCD met the accusations and avoided charges of covering up, ignoring, or whitewashing a misuse of funds? Kc -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN >and in this case a man was suspended, publicly, and a seriouis rift of mistrust between >ucd and blackwell's office, between ucd and the community, was deepened, publicly, under >wendell's leadership. none of this happened as a result of ucd's director acting in a >private or personal capacity. as ucd's director, wendell has had years to strengthen and improve the relationship between ucd and blackwell, between ucd and the community. and he has had over a month to account, publicly, for the suspension of john fenton. so long as wendell remains the head of ucd and bears responsibility for fenton's suspension, the rift with blackwell, the community's mistrust, the damage to ucd and to penn, ucd's ability to move forward will be compromised, and it will be impossible for ucd to work credibly with other organizations (blackwell's office, penn, neighborhood associations). no one is perfect, but it must be remembered that wendell the private man can, as ever, continue to work personally with any of these agencies, just like the rest of us. .................. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN [aka laserbeam(r)] [aka ray] SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. "It is very clear on this listserve who these people are. Ray has admitted being connected to this forger." -- Tony West ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
