Vast Majority of MCC Faculty & Staff Vote No-Confidence In Board
Holy crap. From the D&C:
Almost every Monroe Community College faculty and staff member who cast a “no confidence” vote Thursday said they could not trust the board of trustees to conduct a politically untainted search.
Of the 553 who voted, 546 supported a no-confidence statement saying they could not trust the board to “carry out a politically nonpartisan and effective presidential search process that meets the high standards established by SUNY guidelines.”
Faculty leaders say a large percentage of eligible voters did cast a ballot Thursday. There were just under 800 eligible MCC employees who could vote, said Faculty Association President Charles Clarke.
Based on my back-of-the-envelope math, that’s nearly a 70% turnout. That’s huge. With 98.7% voting no confidence. My suspicion: the 7 voters that thinks the board is doing an awesome job are
- related to someone benefitting from this political patronage, or
- among the <25% who still think George W. Bush is a great president (it has to be wayyy lower than 25% in NY state)
- all of the above
The student government leadership also voted in support of the no confidence vote.
Faculty and staff decided after interviews with finalists that Smith was unqualified for the job. They did support Spraggs and Kessler before the trustee vote.
That’s great, but I agree with the county GOP leadership– go with the unqualified guy, who was rejected something like 4 times, and who kept getting slipped back in, like a trick candle on a birthday cake.
Look at the difference in the responses. From GOP coup-appointee Guon:
“While I am disappointed in the vote, I have great respect and admiration for the passion the faculty, staff and students have demonstrated over the last few months for this college,” trustee chairman Richard Guon said in a statement today. “Our focus now needs to be on the future, and on working together to find the right leader for Monroe Community College.”
Because remember, in GOPese, working together (and bi-partisanship) means, “do it our way”.
Compare to the Dems in the county leg, from their press release:
Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature offered their support to the Monroe Community College community after today’s announcement that they no longer have confidence in their Board of Trustees’ ability to conduct an independent, credible Presidential search. Democrats also called on the Trustees to hold a vote on the only remaining candidate-Laurence Spraggs-who was recommended by the independent search committees.
That sounds like a good solution to me– hold a vote for the guy who actually made it through the screenings, has educational experience, and git er done. Don’t waste a year hoping people will give up, while you try to figure out anew how to game the system. Let’s get MCC back on track, asap, please.
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Dear BTP:
There are not ANY faculty or staff who approve of the board’s handling of the presidential search. There are 7 faculty and staff who felt that the vote of no confidence was not the way to express their displeasure. That is very different from even 7 having confidence in the board. I assure you, none do.
I would suggest that ALL of the nearly 800 faculty and staff appreciate the tremendous efforts by VanDusen, Warshoff, Nucitelli, and Ladwig. All on the board should appreciate Flaum, who saved them the public embarrassment of having SUNY slap them down when they tried to appoint Smith.
Seven of those who felt that the hard work of certain board members should not go unrecognised voted against the no-confidence vote.
Oops. I forgot. There might be one who genuinely opposed the no-confidence vote. A board member who inserted Smith has a son employed by the college. Jealous people have suggested that the son has benefited from that connection.
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