Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Tod Burnett on ice these days (plus Jemal/Inmon update)

Tod's new office

Evidently, they’re keeping Tod Burnett on ice these days. 

Since 2020, former Saddleback College President, Tod Burnett, has been president of the University of Alaska Foundation and chief development officer of the U of A system (see here.) 

According to Wikipedia, “the University of Alaska System is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was created in 1917 and comprises three separately accredited universities on 19 campuses. The system serves nearly 30,000 full- and part-time students and grants 400 unique degrees.”

30,000 students? According to the SOCCCD website, our district alone has more than 36,000 students. 

According to Burnett’s bio, “prior to his current position, Dr. Burnett was the executive vice chancellor for advancement at Brandman University, Irvine, CA, and previously served as president of Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA, from 2008 to 2017.”


RE Jemal and Inmon's article from 8 months ago:

Jemal & Inmon: Don’t Give Farrah Khan the Truth Award 

BY TIMOTHY JEMAL AND CAROLYN INMON

Voice of OC, Oct 22, 2021 

Excerpt: 

Earlier this year in her official capacity as Mayor of Irvine, [Farrah] Khan participated in a virtual event hosted by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles in which she astonishingly described Azerbaijan as a “secular democracy.” Yet the respected nonprofit Freedom House categorizes the country as a “Consolidated Authoritarian Regime,” and assesses it as “Not Free,” when it comes to access to political rights and civil liberties. Even Cuba and Iran rank higher than Azerbaijan on individual freedoms. 

In her address at the event, Mayor Khan went on to say that Azerbaijan is a place in which different religious populations are “living peacefully, side by side, something we continue to work on in the U.S.” This suggestion that the U.S. should look to Azerbaijan as a model for peaceful coexistence of diverse populations is laughable....

NOTE: Evidently, the Local Dems did not heed Jemal and Inmon's advice: SEE  

Khan is a Democrat. Jemal seems to be unaffiliated, but he leans "conservative" (anti-tax, etc.). (See his list of endorsements over the years.) Inmon is a Democrat, a former teachers' union leader, but she makes some anti-tax noises.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...