Getting kind of nasty...

Xenomorph

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What is the underlying implication of all this? I assume it would be easy to believe that upon learning of Foglesong's resignation, Watson began doing small favors for Meridith to get in his good graces. Like bringing up assets under his control from the coast to landscape his yard? And can I further assume that supporters of Keenum were the ones who blew the whistle?
 

8dog

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Feb 23, 2008
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unprecedented and that people have gone to jail before for this type stuff. anyone remember anything?
 

AgDawg

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My question is did Dr. Watson know anything about this or was this something done without him knowing about it or did he approve this project.
 

Ivehadbetter

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an older co-worker tells me that an exec in the Juco system got fired once for getting his car fixed at a Community college.
 

Porkchop.sixpack

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I do think it was Keenum advocates who blew the whistle. But, if it was true, who cares?

And Watson CLEARLY wants to be in Meridith's good graces. But, I wouldn't have thought he would do anything illegal. I mean, when he testified in a hearing that MSU didn't need a seperate board of trustees, he was pandering to the IHL at the expense of our Unviersity. Now, the degree to which that seperate board matters can certainly be debated. But, he was pandering. There is no doubt about that.

Now, like I said, I would have bet against him doing anything illegal. But, stranger things have happened. And I would probably only be about 50% on the "he wouldn't steal" bets I would have made.
 

Ivehadbetter

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I'm not but 25, you're a man, you're 40. I was just responding to 8dog; I know whoever it was lost his job for using state resources for personal gain. I don't know if he went to jail or not. This was before I gave a damn about gov't or any of the corruption of public officials.
 

Maroon Eagle

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From InsideHigherEd.com:
Starkey Morgan, the former president of Holmes Community College, in Mississippi, was convicted Wednesday of two counts of embezzlement related to using college money to buy tires for his own use and having college employees do work at his house, The Clarion-Ledger reported. He was acquitted on two other accounts and the jury was divided on a fifth count and could not reach a verdict. Morgan was placed on probation for 10 years and ordered to pay $7,000 in restitution and court costs. His lawyer characterized the prosecution as "political in nature" and "pretty chintzy."
 

SwampDawg

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Men, money, machines, whatever, to do work on individuals' property. A few years ago a bunch of Mississippi county supervisors found this out.