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

[Saundra Lund]

I dunno, Ron . . . I'm not aware of UI employees moving up to new positions
& then getting an extra quarter of a million dollars bonanza in wages or
benefits because the UI didn't correctly anticipate the costs of filling the
position, but I know of quite a few instances where the UI signed contracts
with for-profit companies that wound up costing much, much more than the
contracted amount.

 

Of course, just because I'm not aware of something doesn't mean it's never
happened  J

 

Just sayin',

Saundra Lund

Moscow, ID

 

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nothing.

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Ron Force
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 12:53 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Oh, My EYES :-( Plumber's Butt, the UI, and
AlliedBarton

 

? Inside hires don't really save money. The person moving up gets the salary
of the new position, and then their department has to hire a replacement.

 

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

 

 

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From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
To: Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>; vision2020 at moscow.com; lfalen
<lfalen at turbonet.com>
Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 12:09:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Oh, My EYES :-( Plumber's Butt, the UI, and
AlliedBarton


Roger,

 

If there is a way to waste more money, UI will find it even if they have to
hire an administrator to contract a firm to outsource a private company to
select a board to appoint an exploratory committee to discover it. 

 

Donovan Arnold

--- On Fri, 4/1/11, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:


From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Oh, My EYES :-( Plumber's Butt, the UI, and
AlliedBarton
To: "Saundra Lund" <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>, vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 11:24 AM

The UI is real good at wasting money. They used hired a new Dean of the
Graduate School from outside. the interim Dean was just fine.
Roger
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From: "Saundra Lund" v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:50:52 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
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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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