Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Following Western State II
As mentioned below, the paper did have an editorial about Andy Phillips and Western State. Good reading.
The first reader to comment on the paper's web page notes "Perhaps the state is being careful in what it releases because there is much more being investigated and they cannot compromise the ongoing items at this time." And that's always a challenge, what you release during a personnel situation. The story will probably more unfold than be suddenly revealed.
It occurs to me one reason I am smarting about Western State is that years ago I applied to be on their advisory board, just as I had been when I was editor, and I never did even hear back at all from Gov. Gregoire's office. I am not sure if they even still have a community advisory board. If not, it would be a good idea to rev such a group up and start including the community even more at Western State. But that's all chatter ... the question on the table is what's up with them firing a guy who was popular in the community? Might have been right or wrong, and I hope we learn more ...
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The first reader to comment on the paper's web page notes "Perhaps the state is being careful in what it releases because there is much more being investigated and they cannot compromise the ongoing items at this time." And that's always a challenge, what you release during a personnel situation. The story will probably more unfold than be suddenly revealed.
It occurs to me one reason I am smarting about Western State is that years ago I applied to be on their advisory board, just as I had been when I was editor, and I never did even hear back at all from Gov. Gregoire's office. I am not sure if they even still have a community advisory board. If not, it would be a good idea to rev such a group up and start including the community even more at Western State. But that's all chatter ... the question on the table is what's up with them firing a guy who was popular in the community? Might have been right or wrong, and I hope we learn more ...
