By Juan Montoya
"See, we told you so.
If only the pesky majority on the Texas Southmost College district board of trustees had listened like good children to what their betters at the UT System had told them, they wouldn't have lost $14 million to redo the old Ft. Brown for student housing and 34 instructors would still have their jobs.
But, nooooo! Now look what you have done. Our hearts go out to those poor students and families."
And so the campaign against the four trustees who refused to do away with the TSC college district and give $200 millions of the its assets free of charge to the UT Syst
em continues.
Last week it was the layoffs by UTB-TSC of 34 jobs as a result of an historic $16 million in state budget cuts over the next two years.
This week it's A $17 million housing project in the heart of campus, paid for by the University of Texas System, has been taken away leaving TSC to deal with about $14 million in repairs.
And, of course, this all could have been avoided if those darned trustees would have just listened to us and handed over the goodies to UT System. Right?
Not really, TSC sources say.
Those 34 instructors will probably be picked up by TSC as it begins the process of employing its own personnel in anticipation of its separation from the UT System. So, for all of Juliet's alligator tears, it seems to be just another public relations ploy to make the TSC majority look like the bad cops.
And what about the $14 million that would be necessary to renovate the existing student housing units over at Ft. Brown?
"Maybe if the UT System would pay the $15 million it owes TSC for rent the problem would be solved instantly," said a source close to the TSC board. "This effort to make it seem like TSC is to blame for these issues is nothing more than the continuing campaign by the Garcia administration and its minions to try to overturn the vote for separation from the UT System. One word of caution to Juliet: In the next go-round of elections, don;t expect David Oliveira or Robert Robles to be elected. The people aren't stupid."
"See, we told you so.
If only the pesky majority on the Texas Southmost College district board of trustees had listened like good children to what their betters at the UT System had told them, they wouldn't have lost $14 million to redo the old Ft. Brown for student housing and 34 instructors would still have their jobs.
But, nooooo! Now look what you have done. Our hearts go out to those poor students and families."
And so the campaign against the four trustees who refused to do away with the TSC college district and give $200 millions of the its assets free of charge to the UT Syst
em continues.Last week it was the layoffs by UTB-TSC of 34 jobs as a result of an historic $16 million in state budget cuts over the next two years.
This week it's A $17 million housing project in the heart of campus, paid for by the University of Texas System, has been taken away leaving TSC to deal with about $14 million in repairs.
And, of course, this all could have been avoided if those darned trustees would have just listened to us and handed over the goodies to UT System. Right?
Not really, TSC sources say.
Those 34 instructors will probably be picked up by TSC as it begins the process of employing its own personnel in anticipation of its separation from the UT System. So, for all of Juliet's alligator tears, it seems to be just another public relations ploy to make the TSC majority look like the bad cops.
And what about the $14 million that would be necessary to renovate the existing student housing units over at Ft. Brown?
"Maybe if the UT System would pay the $15 million it owes TSC for rent the problem would be solved instantly," said a source close to the TSC board. "This effort to make it seem like TSC is to blame for these issues is nothing more than the continuing campaign by the Garcia administration and its minions to try to overturn the vote for separation from the UT System. One word of caution to Juliet: In the next go-round of elections, don;t expect David Oliveira or Robert Robles to be elected. The people aren't stupid."
5 comments:
There is a disturbing "rumor" making the rounds to the effect that the University is going to decline to tenure people who hold what is called technical rank. If true, this would not be the first time this kind of perfidious treachery has been practiced (it was attempted at the time of the initial partnership and only defeated by sustained pressure from affronted faculty, embarrassed legislators, and the Texas Faculty Association). This issue is fundamentally one of good faith. Individuals hired with what are called tenure-track contracts should be accorded the privileges their contract calls for if they are qualified and have passed "muster" at every level. Anything less seems to me to be legally actionable. Shame on the corrupt administrators who so cavalierly break their legal commitments.
Only, if the Herald is to be believed, no teaching staff were laid off. But lets not let the facts get in the way of any attempt to sensationalize an issue that doesn't need any help at all.
Supposedly, the 34 souls to be RIFED do not include instructors, but this is misleading because at the same time as these outright terminations are occurring, significant numbers of faculty are finding that their contracts with UTB/TSC aren't worth the paper that they are printed on! Terms of service, including tenure, teaching loads and assorted professional responsibilities are being altered or abrogated without discussion or appeal. A purge is quietly occurring designed to eliminate faculty of dubious loyalty or utility to UT. These are our friends, colleagues and neighbors, and they deserve to be treated better than this!
TSC is going to be fine regardless how much The Oliveiras and Robles's want to see it fail. The citizens are excited about their Community College.
Juliet says,
Damn right the people are STUPID.. I´ve getting away with this for years.
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