In a message dated 7/16/2007 12:42:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Everyone treats as gospel the spin that John Fenton was a loose cannon
employee that was solely respnsible for wrongdoing.
I beg to disagree with the word "everyone."
Many of us reserved judgement on whether there was any wrongdoing at all,
let alone who was responsible.
There was supposed to be an "internal investigation" -- of which neither the
methodology nor the conclusions have been released. So all we have to go on
is what Wendell Lewis said in his initial prepared statement and later in his
e-mail interview with the UCReview. And the statements in the interview
certainly call into question:
1. Whether the allegations made had any basis in fact, or -- if they did
-- to what extent;
2. The degree to which any actual blame should have been shouldered by
the nominal CEO for an organizational culture and framework that didn't
provide direction as to what was an wasn't proper -- where there was and
wasn't a
policy -- and whether the need for such a thing could reasonably have been
anticipated beforehand.
3. Whether Councilwoman Blackwell, who any thoughtful person would know
was in contact with John, could have been called upon to mediate between UCD
and John.
So, was there wrongdoing? And if so, who should bear the responsibility?
Maybe some people who, for their own reasons, want to absolve "UCD" as an
organization want to find a scapegoat and let the rest of them walk away clean.
Many of us haven't distorted the concept of American Justice anywhere near this
badly.
Al Krigman
Left of Barry Goldwater (but not by much)
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