Any organization I've ever been part of that has been around for some reasonable length of time has had an employee do things they should not have done.
That doesn't make the organization corrupt, unless it covers the situation up and does nothing about it. That isn't what happened here. I'll let the IRS decide what is against their policies. There is some distance between an organization recognizing that something crossed over a line, and the entity who establishes that line taking action on the transgression. I doubt that the IRS will take action unless they feel that the UCD did this knowingly, and didn't take any action to prevent recurrence. And in my opinion, neither of these is true. Blackwell has gained an excellent staff member--one who will help her constituents and get her votes because of the effectiveness of her office. I'm sure she doesn't like how that happened, but I doubt that she will stay mad for long. >bill, these are not opinions. they are statements lewis >wendell made in his front-page interview in the 27 june 2007 >issue of the university city review: > > http://tinyurl.com/2zcqxw > >in this published interview wendell stated that ucd had used >ucd employees and student workers to work a political rally, >and that fenton was involved in this, and additionally in >other inappropriate activities, activities involving misuse >of ucd resources and violations of policies, including: >conflict of interest (using ucd positions for private gain >or to obtain favors); using ucd vehicles for non-job related >activities; performing outside work or using ucd resources >for outside work while on ucd time; violating irs guidelines >which prohibit 501(c)3 organizations like ucd from endorsing >political candidates or participating in a political campaign. > >as to ucd's alienation with blackwell -- that was made clear >in the pages of university city review as well. (remember, >fenton now works for blackwell, and ucd is now in no >position to posture or take positions, moderate or otherwise.) ---- 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>.
