[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Everyone treats as gospel the spin that John Fenton was a loose cannon
employee that was solely respnsible for wrongdoing.
Al Krigman wrote:
I beg to disagree with the word "everyone."
Many of us reserved judgement on whether there was any wrongdoing at all,
let alone who was responsible.
There was supposed to be an "internal investigation" -- of which neither the
methodology nor the conclusions have been released. So all we have to go on
is what Wendell Lewis said in his initial prepared statement and later in his
e-mail interview with the UCReview. And the statements in the interview
certainly call into question:
1. Whether the allegations made had any basis in fact, or -- if they did
-- to what extent;
2. The degree to which any actual blame should have been shouldered by
the nominal CEO for an organizational culture and framework that didn't
provide direction as to what was an wasn't proper -- where there was and wasn't a
policy -- and whether the need for such a thing could reasonably have been
anticipated beforehand.
3. Whether Councilwoman Blackwell, who any thoughtful person would know
was in contact with John, could have been called upon to mediate between UCD
and John.
So, was there wrongdoing? And if so, who should bear the responsibility?
Maybe some people who, for their own reasons, want to absolve "UCD" as an
organization want to find a scapegoat and let the rest of them walk away clean.
Many of us haven't distorted the concept of American Justice anywhere near this
badly.
karen wrote that 'everyone treats as gospel the spin
that...' -- ie, she was talking in part about the public's
perception of what's been published in the papers.
and in this situation we have read various people
contributing--publicly, in the papers--to this spin:
- gar joseph describing in the may 16 daily news that
john fenton had directed penn student luke walker to load a
truck on friday and to set up for a rally in malcolm x park
the next day.
- heather schwedel reporting in the may 24 dp that john
fenton "was supervising the community service effort" in
which penn grad students luke walker and jeff doto "were
instructed to set up for the event, which included t-shirts
and posters supporting knox's mayoral run."
- nicole contosa in the may 23 uc review reporting that
"according to walker, the director of the ucd, lewis
wendell, 'said he didn't know anything about it,' and that
the order to set up the rally had come from john fenton...."
- tony west stating in the jun 14 philly public record
that fenton was "not cooperating" with the investigation.
- wendell stating in his interview in the jun 27 uc
review that "john fenton directed the activities of the ucd
employees and resources as well as the activities of the
community service and commmunity court workers at the
malcolm x park event. in addition, the investigation
determined that he was involved in and directed other
activities involving a misuse of ucd resources and
violations of several ucd policies..."
etc. etc.
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