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<DIV><FONT size=2>Aren't the rent-a-cops in uniform? What kind of uniform
creates opportunities for plumber's butt?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>w.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">Saundra
Lund</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Oh, My EYES :-(
Plumber's Butt, the UI,and AlliedBarton</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Perhaps someone at the UI should PLEASE let whoever is hiring
those fine<BR>hard-working AlliedBarton security professionals (!) know that
Moscow<BR>actually has an ordinance prohibiting plumber's butt.
Ordinance 2002-13.<BR><BR>In all fairness, I didn't actually see the dude's
"cleft of the buttocks" on<BR>the weekend, for which I'll be eternally
grateful. But, it was horrifyingly<BR>close & *very*
unprofessional. And it ***definitely*** wasn't a positive<BR>reflection
on the UI.<BR><BR>OTOH, I've seen MPD officers on campus many times over the
years, and they<BR>always looked professional & behaved professionally as
well, which<BR>apparently isn't always the case with the AB
employees.<BR><BR>I've heard through the grapevine that the brilliant
<sarcasm> decision to<BR>hire AB to save money is actually costing more
than anticipated. I can't<BR>say as I'm surprised because that often
seems to be the case at the UI:<BR>things that are supposed to save money wind
up costing more, especially when<BR>it comes to contracts with the private
sector. In the past, I found it very<BR>easy to deal with the UI with
respect to public records requests, but that's<BR>unfortunately not been the
case since Kent Nelson was hired as General<BR>Counsel. Other than
finding creative ways to thwart public records<BR>requests, I'm not exactly
sure what it is he does since the UI contracts out<BR>so much of its legal
work, but making access to public records difficult if<BR>not impossible
certainly has the bonus of making sure we-the-taxpayers<BR>remain ignorant
about whether all these cost-savings measures are actually<BR>saving money or
losing it.<BR><BR>So much for the UI's pledge for transparency &
accountability following the<BR>deplorable history of serious financial
mismanagement. Seriously, though,<BR>Pollyanna me thought that "pledge"
was going to last longer than a New York<BR>minute.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Saundra
Lund<BR>Moscow, ID<BR><BR>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is
for good people to do<BR>nothing.<BR>~ Edmund Burke<BR><BR>***** Original
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