Tomorrow’s board meeting, part 1

Item 7.4 on the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the SOCCCD Board of Trustees concerns “board requested reports.” Most of these, of course, spring from trustee Tom Fuentes' right-wing, anti-intellectual, union-bashing political agenda.

But two requests came from trustee Nancy Padberg in September. One concerned Saddleback College’s “Film Program”—that report was issued in November but was kept in a room somewhere:

The report…has been distributed as a separate item on the agenda. A copy of the report may be viewed in hard copy in room 334, Office of the Chancellor and Trustee Services. HSB, Saddleback College.

The other request concerned the college’s “Communication Arts Program.”

Oddly, though that report was set for release in November, January 25 (tomorrow) is also indicated.

One thing. Talk of a “communication arts” and a “film” program doesn’t add up. As near as I can tell, there is no “film” program at Saddleback College. Rather, there is a “communication arts” program that houses radio, TV, and film departments. Or are these sub-programs? Well, whatever.

The last time we looked into this, it appeared that Padberg was upset about a short film, created in the program, about an elderly gay woman “coming out” and going on a cruise. We never got confirmation about that. The film, of course, was utterly unobjectionable. But maybe Padberg had her sights on something else.

Maybe tomorrow we’ll find out.