[Vision2020] Oh, My EYES :-( Plumber's Butt, the UI, and AlliedBarton

[Tom Hansen]

Might I suggest that Allied&Barton spend a couple of those Idaho tax-payer
dollars on . . .

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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho




On Fri, April 1, 2011 9:11 am, Art Deco wrote:
> Aren't the rent-a-cops in uniform?  What kind of uniform creates
> opportunities for plumber's butt?
>
> A little Googling by UI officials before they hired AlliedBarton would
> have shown that hiring AlliedBarton was not likely to be a good decision.
> This AlliedBarton mess is another in the long legacy of missteps and
> catastrophes left by Lloyd Mues.  It is fortunate that his time is short.
> Let's hope in this short time he doesn't make more gaffes that prove
> costly and stupid for the UI.
>
> As for the UI counsel, I think he epitomizes the growing tendency of UI to
> be much less open, acting more like a private corporation with secrets to
> hide rather than a public entity.
>
> w.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Saundra Lund
>   To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>   Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:50 PM
>   Subject: [Vision2020] Oh, My EYES :-( Plumber's Butt, the UI,and
> AlliedBarton
>
>
>   Perhaps someone at the UI should PLEASE let whoever is hiring those fine
>   hard-working AlliedBarton security professionals (!) know that Moscow
>   actually has an ordinance prohibiting plumber's butt.  Ordinance
> 2002-13.
>
>   In all fairness, I didn't actually see the dude's "cleft of the
> buttocks" on
>   the weekend, for which I'll be eternally grateful.  But, it was
> horrifyingly
>   close & *very* unprofessional.  And it ***definitely*** wasn't a
> positive
>   reflection on the UI.
>
>   OTOH, I've seen MPD officers on campus many times over the years, and
> they
>   always looked professional & behaved professionally as well, which
>   apparently isn't always the case with the AB employees.
>
>   I've heard through the grapevine that the brilliant <sarcasm> decision
> to
>   hire AB to save money is actually costing more than anticipated.  I
> can't
>   say as I'm surprised because that often seems to be the case at the UI:
>   things that are supposed to save money wind up costing more, especially
> when
>   it comes to contracts with the private sector.  In the past, I found it
> very
>   easy to deal with the UI with respect to public records requests, but
> that's
>   unfortunately not been the case since Kent Nelson was hired as General
>   Counsel.  Other than finding creative ways to thwart public records
>   requests, I'm not exactly sure what it is he does since the UI contracts
> out
>   so much of its legal work, but making access to public records difficult
> if
>   not impossible certainly has the bonus of making sure we-the-taxpayers
>   remain ignorant about whether all these cost-savings measures are
> actually
>   saving money or losing it.
>
>   So much for the UI's pledge for transparency & accountability following
> the
>   deplorable history of serious financial mismanagement.  Seriously,
> though,
>   Pollyanna me thought that "pledge" was going to last longer than a New
> York
>   minute.
>
>
>
>   Saundra Lund
>   Moscow, ID
>
>   The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to
> do
>   nothing.
>   ~ Edmund Burke
>
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