Sunday, November 14, 2010

Today's tally: it's all but over

Nov. 14:

THOMAS "T.J." PRENDERGAST
114,804 - 50.89%

KEVIN M. MULDOON
110,777 - 49.11%

• Prendergast is 1.8% above Muldoon.
• Only 734 ballots were counted since yesterday.
• Prendergast has 4000+ votes more than Muldoon.
• Go here to learn how many ballots are left to count. Only 8625 ordinary ballots are uncounted plus various special ballots (in mostly small numbers).
• So it looks like a done deal to me.
  Sorry, Doony. This one's for TJ.

Heads up! Wagner to be honored, guarantees of academic freedom to be rescinded(?)

To the sky! (From the 5 to the 33)
     The agenda of the Wednesday, Nov. 17, meeting of the SOCCCD Board of Trustees (BoT) is now available here. (When the page opens, click on “current agenda” in the blue box at right. It’s a large pdf file.)
     A resolution honoring trustee Don Wagner, who is retiring from the board after 12 years, is on the agenda.
     Natch. Inevitable. Like death and taxes, corruption in gov't, poor leadership at IVC, etc.
     I guess that means that Don will likely show up at least long enough to bask in this Rez. Here it is:
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     I'm told that, after Wagner canned Chancellor Mathur, he was peeved that there weren't more expressions of "gratitude" from the faculty.
     Good Lord.
     The truth about Mathur that Don finally came to "see" a couple of years ago was clearly laid out for him (by me, among others) as early as 1998. He not only blew off all warnings, he ardently supported the manifestly unsavory Mr. Mathur for ten freakin' years. 
     Gosh, thanks ever-so-much.
     Doesn't Don read his Bible? When, after a decade of supporting a conniving despot, he finally wises up and cans the guy—why, that's a cue for his groveling for our forgiveness. Get it right, dude!
     But no. He expects prizes and paeans of praise. Hosannahs and shit.
     'Bye Don. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

     Plus: start bonin' up on the "morality" part of the Christianity thing. You're gettin' it all wrong, near as I can tell.
     Interestingly, also on the agenda is the video for IVC’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. You’ll recall that, last month, Wagner’s anger (over the failure of a certain person to be advanced in the course of a certain dean search?) at IVC’s President Glenn Roquemore was so great that the latter was stymied at every turn—including the presentation of this goofy video.
     I’ve seen it. Wait for the part where the cheerleaders seem to chant, “big boobs!”

     As you know, for years now, the district has engaged in a review of SOCCCD Board Policies. Among the policies to be discussed on Wednesday is BP-6122, “Challenge of Adopted Instructional Materials”:
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     As I read it, BP-6122 declares that the district “guarantees academic freedom and encourages the faculty to exercise this right in the selection of instructional materials.”
     The recommended “revision” is removal of the policy. So, what does this mean? Does removal of 6122 mean that they’re not guaranteeing this freedom and the exercise of this right anymore?
     Does anybody know what this is about?
     It appears that, on Wednesday, the board will be accepting the recommendation “for review and study.” So they won't be approving the recommendation just yet.

Natalie
TigerAnn

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