Risk is high if ASU does not take SACS request seriously


Blankman2k5

Blankman2k5

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The price of poker just went up for Alabama State University, but the big losers this time could be the students at ASU.

For months, top officials of ASU have responded to requests for information about allegations of improprieties by keeping their cards close to their vests, stonewalling request after request from the governor for records about trustees and top officials and their dealings with the university.

So far, that strategy has managed to stymie Gov. Robert Bentley and a forensic audit he ordered after the former president of ASU said he was forced out of office when he tried to look into such matters. If anything, it has made the governor appear ineffectual.
 



Could questions about Alabama State University spending impact the school's public funding?


MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The chairman of Alabama Senate committee charged with creating the budgets that fund public colleges says there are still unanswered questions about Alabama State University.

Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, said this week that "there seems to be questions that have not been answered fully" for an investigation launched by Gov. Robert Bentley.


http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/11/could_questions_about_alabama.html
 
'Let my people go,' candidate for Alabama State University president tells governor (video)


MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Roughly two dozen Alabama State University faculty, staff and students gathered Friday in defense of the embattled school and in favor of continuing its search for a new president.

But they aren't the first to come to the university's aid since Gov. Robert Bentley released a damaging report last month regarding the university's leadership.

One of four candidates vying to be the next president of ASU dedicated his address to the to the allegations during the university's Bridge Builders Breakfast last month.

"I went to see the governor, and I said governor, let my people go, let ASU go," said Sen. Quinton Ross, D-Montgomery. "Because it's being held hostage."



http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/11/let_my_people_go_candidate_for.html
 
OK..................Stonewalling huh.
Lets see how much stonewalling ASU Administration do when the Governor throws his trump card down...........ASU'S 2014 BUDGET. When he put a hold on that, watch how many people start singing.
 
Ross need to sit down somewhere. Didn't he just beat them embezzlement or fraud charges? Frat needs to lay low on this fight.
 
staggalee83 said:
OK..................Stonewalling huh.
Lets see how much stonewalling ASU Administration do when the Governor throws his trump card down...........ASU'S 2014 BUDGET. When he put a hold on that, watch how many people start singing.
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Actually, the Gov slightly increased state appropriations for proposed ASU 2014 budget.


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J C said:
Actually, the Gov slightly increased state appropriations for proposed ASU 2014 budget.


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That's what I'm talking about. PROPOSED 2014 budget. Nothing holding him and his boys from holding your 2014 budget hostage. They can and just might. :tup:
 
staggalee83 said:
That's what I'm talking about. PROPOSED 2014 budget. Nothing holding him and his boys from holding your 2014 budget hostage. They can and just might. :tup:
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If the budget was cut, it would support the allegations raised in the recently filed lawsuit by ASU.


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J C said:
If the budget was cut, it would support the allegations raised in the recently filed lawsuit by ASU.


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No it wouldn't, as the budget cut would be based on behavior/performance and not race.
 



Blankman2k5 said:
No it wouldn't, as the budget cut would be based on behavior/performance and not race.
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We did not see a reduction in community colleges state budgets even with the corruption uncovered. This would be perceived as vindictiveness proven in the Knight v AL.


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Inquiry into Alabama State University is not racist
For decades, state Rep. Alvin Holmes has been known — and often unjustly criticized — for raising racial questions about practices in government and public institutions. His sometimes bombastic approach can put people off, but no one can deny that Holmes has consistently pointed to perceived discrimination when he believes he sees it.

Thus it is telling that Holmes, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, has not joined in the unpersuasive chorus of claims that the ongoing inquiry into Alabama State University is racially motivated. Anyone familiar with Holmes’ long public career surely must acknowledge that he would have done so, with characteristic fervor and inflamed rhetoric, had he believed that to be the case.

In fact, as the Advertiser’s Josh Moon reported, Holmes said he was approached by ASU officials and asked to attack Gov. Robert Bentley and the forensic audit Bentley ordered on racial grounds. He did not do so.

“They wanted me to turn the whole thing into a racial issue, and I wouldn’t do it,” Holmes said. “I’ve been probably the most outspoken person in this state when it comes to racial issues. Everyone knows it. But I don’t see race playing a role in this investigation at ASU. I know Gov. Bentley well, and I don’t believe him to be a racist.”
 
This may get really ugly for them. As much as I talk isht to them, I don't want to see their school completely shut down,.
 
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