[Vision2020] The UI's Watergate

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (August 3, 2006) Lewiston Tribune with a special thanks to
Isabel Bond -

Shouldn't some sort of criminal action be taken against Jerry Wallace?
"Embezzlement" comes to mind.  Or at least "Misuse of Public Funds".

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The UI's Watergate

In May 2006, President Tim White, University of Idaho, issued a proclamation
about the $28 million in Idaho taxpayer funds lost in the 2003 University
Place debacle. Even though UI has been set back financially by over five
years, President White says the university has a rosy future considering
that the debacle now is in history's trash bin. Unfortunately, White's
proclamation has the disadvantage of being untrue. 

Former President Bob Hoover and former Financial Vice President Jerry
Wallace, two of the alleged perpetrators of the debacle, have not suffered
any legal indictments to date and are unlikely to experience any future
indictments. 

As noted in "Boise's Watergate," published in 2006 by Xlibris Corp.,
www.xlibris.com, available from BookPeople of Moscow: bookpeople at moscow.com,
Civic Partners scammed the University of Idaho Foundation out of millions of
dollars for pre-development costs by submitting unsubstantiated invoices.
However, Idaho's taxpayers should be comforted in knowing they were not the
only victims of Civic Partners. In 2004-2005, the very same Civic Partners
is suspected of scamming the citizens of Sioux City, Iowa, in a $35 million
theater/hotel complex fiasco. 

In summary, the sad story continues about how a nefarious public-private
partnership scammed Idaho's higher education tax money. I welcome your
e-mail comments. My address is iebond at verizon.net.  

Isabel Bond 
Moscow

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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