Posted on 06/13/2014 7:29:14 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
We have written about the travails of University of Texas regent Wallace Hall who, because of his investigation into UT practices, became a bête noire to the political establishment in the state capitol. wallace hall jr texas regent
As we noted, the nominally Republican speaker of the Texas state house called for an investigation of Hall, and, since then, at least one assemblyman has called for Hall’s impeachment.
“Apparently, the more questions he asked, the more feathers he ruffled,” State Representative David Simpson noted in an open letter to his colleagues. “Allegedly rushing to the defense of UT, a legislator filed a resolution calling for articles of impeachment against the regent. However, it concerns me that the legislator calling for impeachment has a son whose qualifications for admission to the UT Law School may have been one of the cases that raised the question about favoritism in admissions in the first place.” It should trouble the so-called transparency committee called by the state House leadership to deconstruct Hall but evidently doesn’t.
“The Transparency Committee, continuing to overlook Hall’s effective oversight, has struck out on their concerns, and yet they have decided to perpetuate the farce and spend our tax dollars to persecute the whistleblower,” Simpson alleges. “It is also troubling that “special” counsel has only submitted bills through November 2013 (which totaled $200,000). According to Sections 2 and 3 of the contract with Rusty Hardin & Associates, L.L.P., the Speaker must approve both Hardin’s ‘work’ and the payment of his bills. Estimates of the ‘final’ bill range from an additional $200,000 to $400,000 with the process being prolonged for months preparing the report to the Committee.”
“Finally, no explanation has been given for Hardin’s refusal (or third party directive) to produce the remaining bills, despite an express obligation in Hardin’s contract to bill on a monthly basis.”
this is happening in a supposedly conservative state. Corruption knows no party affiliation
Texans aren’t conservative, but they think they are and so does the rest of the country. Thus far, Greg Abbott is running a really bad campaign; he is seen as the tool of the standardized-test lobby, not a popular group in TX.
Just more evidence that Texas is “succeeding” in spite of the Republican “leadership.” A lot of smarmy GOP politicians in Texas, or so it would seem. I hope that Hall instigates a lawsuit.
This isn’t about state politics, other than the fact that regents of the state schools are appointed positions.
The University of Texas — that’s the one in Austin — has major leadership problems, both in academics and athletics, which sometimes crossover.
They’ve kept it carefully swept under the carpet for years, but there’s just so much a carpet can hide.
This fellow Hall made the mistake of stomping on the carpet. Dust is everywhere.
After only 59% of UT law school grads passed the bar exam, Hall asked questions. Big brouhaha. Unqualified but politically-connected students who were admitted, etc. Read about it and more, here:
http://watchdog.org/144169/ut-law-school-hookups/
Way more than the law school mess, but that’s a start.
Again, it’s not about Texas, the state. It’s about the liberal island of Austin and the big school that lives there.
Several kids with politically connected families were admitted to the law school with extremely low LSAT scores. Some scores were basically just a joke, yet they got in and couldn’t pass the bar. Hall has probably just touched the tip of the iceberg. Names were named as to who the kids were, what they made on the LSAT and which politician got them in. It’s pretty dirty. Of course they want to impeach Hall. He’s uncovered their games. I wouldn’t be surprised if it extends to undergraduate too. For some reason, the U of Texas is hard to get into. They think they are Harvard or something. I know of kids that get into Ivy League schools but not Texas.
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