[Vision2020] Lawsuit: ISU faculty free speech rights violated

[Gier, Nicholas]

Hi Donovan,

You may have missed the Idaho Supreme Court decision that upheld free speech rights for all Idaho professors.  It was the first decision among several to come for the Habib Sadid case, which my union is supporting at the tune of $175,000 and counting.  It is Sadid's attorney who is filing this new suit against ISU.

Now that we are in federal court, we are confident that we will win Sadid's dismissal suit with millions of dollars in back pay, lost retirement, and emotional damage.  In a separate case before the Idaho Supreme Court we are confident that Sadid will also win his unemployment benefits, which ISU denied him.  I hope that tack interest on those back payments.

The SBOE should fire ISU President Arthur Vailas, the worst university president Idaho has ever had.  Board members are negligent in their duties as overseers of Idaho higher education if they do not do the right thing for ISU.

Nick


A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. 

-Greek proverb



-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com on behalf of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Thu 2/16/2012 6:25 AM
To: Contact - thansen at moscow.com; Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Lawsuit: ISU faculty free speech rights violated
 
Teachers should realize that when they step into Idaho they give up all their rights and a livable salary. 
 
Donovan Arnold

From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:27 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Lawsuit: ISU faculty free speech rights violated


Courtesy of KHQ at:
http://www.khq.com/story/16943934/lawsuit-isu-faculty-free-speech-rights-violated 


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Lawsuit: ISU faculty free speech rights violated
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Faculty leaders at Idaho State University claim administrators violated their free speech rights when blocking them from sending emails to the campus community.

The Idaho State Journal reports a complaint filed Tuesday alleges the university started blocking emails from faculty leaders in November, following a disagreement over the adoption of a new faculty constitution.

On Tuesday, a university spokesman said administrators had not yet seen the complaint and would respond in "due course."

The state Board of Education is expected to discuss faculty governance issues at ISU during a meeting Thursday in Boise. The board voted last year to dissolve the university's previous Faculty Senate, which been at loggerheads with school President Arthur Vailas.

The university then elected new, temporary faculty leaders to adopt a constitution and bylaws.

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Complaint
(be sure to copy and paste entire address)
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/idahostatejournal.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/ac/7acc416e-573d-11e1-ae56-0019bb2963f4/4f3aae284435c.pdf.pdf 
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Seeya later, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Post Falls, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown


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