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<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>And, of course, this flip statement reflects your assumption
that by nature government employees aren’t productive and should in every
instance be able to do more. I tell you, Donovan, the people who work with
my disabled daughter are underpaid, overworked, and are being forced into
situations for which they are unprepared. And even so, in a few months
almost 1/3rd or more may well be jobless. It’s nice to have you back
online again, but in this case you really do know better. You’ve been
there. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Even in the private sector getting along to hold a job may
well mean compromising ones ethics, harming other folks, not standing up in the
face of grave error. That’s what those ISU folks were trying to oppose.
Even if you disagree with their intent your casting them as lazy and
unproductive ignores the issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Sue H. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 23, 2011 4:2</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=areaman@moscow.com href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">Dan
Carscallen</A> ; <A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Statesman weighs in on
ISU</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>The SBOE should just fire everyone if it wishes to start fresh. Kind
of hard to do that if they keep the same President which is half the
problem. Maybe if government employees knew, like the rest of us in the
private sector, that if they cannot get along and be productive they will
be out of a job, they would try harder to get things done.</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 2/22/11, Joe Campbell
<I><philosopher.joe@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Statesman weighs in on ISU<BR>To: "Dan Carscallen"
<areaman@moscow.com><BR>Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 9:59
PM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv931635014>Oops! I feel a bit like Roseanne
<SPAN>Roseannadana</SPAN>. Nevermind!<SPAN
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<DIV class=yiv931635014gmail_quote>On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Dan
Carscallen <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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<DIV>Joe, </DIV>
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<DIV>Did you read the editorial? From what I gather, they agree with
you<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>DC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>On Feb 22, 2011, at 17:58, Joe Campbell <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=philosopher.joe@gmail.com"
rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Great advice! Maybe they should just shut up and stick to the
news!<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv931635014gmail_quote>On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM,
Ron Force <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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<H3>February 22, 2011</H3>
<H1>Our View: Memo to ISU faculty: Just shut up and teach</H1>
<H2>- Idaho Statesman</H2>Seventy-six percent of Idaho State
University’s faculty senators have a problem with Arthur Vailas.
Earlier this month, they cast a no-confidence vote and urged their
embattled president to step down.
<DIV>And 100 percent of State Board of Education members have a
problem with the ISU faculty Senate. On Thursday, the board voted
unanimously to disband the Senate — at Vailas’ urging.</DIV>
<DIV>Well, that’s one way to try to make a crisis disappear. Who
needs allies on campus when you have a compliant State Board in
your pocket?</DIV>
<DIV>The message, for faculty and staff at ISU and other campuses,
could hardly be more clear. If you have a complaint or a
criticism, the State Board doesn’t want to hear from you or help
solve problems.</DIV>
<DIV>Of course, that’s not how the board spins it. “The impasse
between the leadership of the senate group and the administration
has reached a point where the prospect of any kind of progress was
simply non-existent,” board President Richard Westerberg said.
“It’s time to start over.”</DIV>
<DIV>Starting over? Sure. But only after the board made sure to
give Vailas all the leverage, and marginalize his faculty
critics.</DIV>
<DIV>Oh, there will still be a place for the faculty to have a
say. Just on Vailas’ terms. The board ordered Vailas to set up an
interim advisory structure and come back in April and propose what
the board calls a “reconstituted faculty Senate and a new faculty
governance model.”</DIV>
<DIV>How’s that for even-handed?</DIV>
<DIV>It’s remarkable that the State Board chose to choose sides,
especially at this advanced stage of unrest. </DIV>
<DIV>Vailas has been on the job since 2006, providing ample time
for tensions to degenerate into grudges. The problems aren’t
likely to just go away. It’s naive for the State Board to act as
if that’s even a possibility.</DIV>
<DIV>Faculty members have aired some serious issues that warrant
more active attention from the State Board — including complaints
of closed-door budget decisions and high staff turnover.</DIV>
<DIV>These concerns should resonate under any circumstances — and
especially during a funding crisis that requires university
leaders to make tough budget decisions, explain policy publicly
and clearly and get and keep buy-in from key faculty and
staff.</DIV>
<DIV>“Sometimes we have to stand up and make our voices heard,”
said ISU Faculty Senate chairman Phil Cole, according to the
Associated Press. “The internal strife at ISU is killing
ISU.”</DIV>
<DIV>Turns out Cole was worried over nothing. The State Board of
Education has a foolproof plan for handling “internal strife.”
Just tell all the naysayers to shut up.</DIV>“Our View” is the
editorial position of the Idaho Statesman. It is an unsigned
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