Why the Long Silence?

Allen Johnson noted yesterday that the Board of Trustees continues to uphold the claim that we will all be shocked and horrified once the truth comes out as to the full extent of the ‘egregious’ crimes committed by the UNCG3.

When exactly do they have that scheduled?

The promised shocking truth didn’t come out when it went to the DA. The only truth that emerged from that was that all 22 charges were dropped.

This horrifying truth didn’t come out when the three went through their first round of the grievance process and the independent arbiters recommended that the firings be rescinded. The truth there was that the university couldn’t stand up for its decision to fire them.

The mind-blowing truth was not revealed when the latest panel to review the case was unable to come up with anything more damning than that Carpen used a laptop for work outside of UNCG and that the incorrect time sheets she approved did not constitute an ‘egregious’ violation. Are we to believe that the members of that panel were so obtuse that given all of the information, they were still unable to pass a judgment on activities as truly heinous as the administration has promised occurred?

The failure to provide the documents requested as part of a public records request on behalf of the News & Record might have led to the depiction of the gross misconduct…if UNCG had ever bothered to fulfill their obligation to provide the records.

The Board of Trustees has the power to allow more information about the case to be released to the public. 

Let the terrifying truth be unleashed then! 

Cover your children’s eyes and protect the damsels from the horror!

Still nothing?

Maybe, just maybe, that’s because the hope is that if they simply keep delaying, we’ll all forget. They never thought Carpen would take them to task. They’ve been playing this game for a while and had come to believe they were invincible. Now, they are just stalling for time and hoping for a miracle. 

They think we’re stupid enough or busy enough or afraid enough that we’ll accept their straw man as a genuine effort.

No thank you.

So, Linda...which part of the truth are you trying to hide?