[Vision2020] Facts

[Darrell Keim]

Sounds like that is exactly what UI is trying to do.

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  I believe that the public need to know overwhelms the rule.
>
> OK, get a court to rule that way and relieve the burden of confidentiality.
>
> Ron Force
> Moscow Idaho USA
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> *From:* Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com>
> *To:* 'Ron Force' <rforce2003 at yahoo.com>; vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2011 9:15 AM
> *Subject:* RE: [Vision2020] Facts
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> I am aware of the code and the reasons behind it.  But, in this case
> because the perpetrator is dead, and because of the profoundly serious
> nature of the Bustamante’s  crimes, and because it appears that Bustamante’s
> long history of inappropriate behavior were ignored/overlooked/excused,  I
> believe that the public need to know overwhelms the rule.   Does
> Bustamante’s privacy need protecting?  Hardly.  Did UI administrators have a
> responsibility they failed to meet? We don’t know, but it certainly  appears
> that the law is being used as a shield to protect the University not to
> protect Dr. Bustamante.  The fear of institutional liability appears to be
> driving the UI not Idaho Code.  Further, it is abysmal that Dr. Pitman
> appears to be throwing HR under the bus<http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/aug/25/friends-mourn-honor-katy-benoit/>.
> Is it likely, as he hints, that he knew nothing about the termination of a
> faculty member, or the behavior that launched the investigation?  If so,
> what in the world is he doing to earn his very large salary?  God knows, he
> needs to shut his trap and scuttle into the sunset of retirement.   It is my
> profound hope that under the leadership of President Nellis, a demonstration
> of institutional ownership and responsibility will take place.  Letting the
> light of  truth shine into the grubby corners will demonstrate institutional
> integrity and genuine sorrow over this tragedy.
>
> Rose Huskey
>
> *From:* vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:
> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Ron Force
> *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2011 7:54 AM
> *To:* vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Facts
>
> Why aren't they (the UI) talking?
>
> Idaho Code § 9-340C
>
> (1) Except as provided in this subsection, all personnel records of a
> current or former public official other than the public official's public
> service or employment history, classification, pay grade and step,
> longevity, gross salary and salary history, status, workplace and employing
> agency. All other personnel information relating to a public employee or
> applicant including, but not limited to, information regarding sex, race,
> marital status, birth date, home address and telephone number, applications,
> testing and scoring materials, grievances, correspondence and performance
> evaluations, shall not be disclosed to the public without the employee's or
> applicant's written consent.
>
>
> Ron Force
> Moscow Idaho USA
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> *From:* Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com>
> *To:* 'Paul Rumelhart' <godshatter at yahoo.com>; vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:11 PM
> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Facts
> There are facts available via media and personal accounts about Ernesto
> Bustamante that are indisputable: he was a four year employee of the
> University;  he held a position of power over students; and he killed one of
> them.  These are the ingredients of a tragedy: a violent perpetrator, an
> innocent victim, and a gaggle of feckless enablers.
>
> I don’t really care what (if any) disease factor or personality disorder
> led to Dr. Bustamante’s crime.  There is no excuse, no justification that
> absolves him of clearly calculated, cold-blooded murder, and let’s not
> pretend there is.  Concurrently, his aberrant behavior was noticed and
> reported by students, his serial disregard of a non-fraternization policy
> between faculty and students, while not forbidden, should certainly have
> called his judgment into question. Surely over the  past four years his
> general demeanor was observed by professionally trained colleagues who, one
> can reasonably assume, are able to recognize deviant behavior occuring in
> front of their PhD eyes.  Why in the name of heaven was Bustamante retained
> on faculty for several years prior to Miss Benoit’s complaint?  Something is
> broken in this picture – not the least of which are the hearts of Miss
> Benoit’s parents, family, and friends.
>
> Despite the terrible pain and loss the Benoit’s are experiencing,
> University of Idaho administrators have fled to the unholy sanctuary of
> privacy rights for a dead murderer, and by the way, conveniently sheltering
> themselves and the institution from any culpability.  I don’t believe I am
> alone, in pointing out that their graceless behavior shelters them from
> providing explanations on how this event came to be, and what they did or
> didn’t do that contributed to it.  At the very least we know that grievous
>  mistakes were made and sorrowfully, they can not be repaired.
>
> What a pity, and in my opinion a crime, that in a university of all places,
> a free and open appeal to truthfulness is trumped by laws which were never
> intended to obscure it.  Integrity has fled the scene, in favor of self-
> protection and a deeply flawed sense of loyalty to an institution which
> appears to be rotting from the inside.
>
> Rose Huskey
>
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