Be afraid, you lurking forces of darkness. Be very afraid. And while you’re at it Commentators, be sure to ask Dave Hubin and the public records office for those EMU election emails, because the ODE never will. 10/26/2012.
Posts tagged as “Randy Geller General Counsel”
In March, during the union certification drive, I made a public records request for documents showing what law firms and consultants were advising Berdahl. I got these heavily redacted contracts and invoices. (Maybe a bit too heavily redacted, Randy?) No charge, though it did take a petition to Lane County…
Update: WSJ law blog post here. 10/18/2012: This is the Emeldi suit against the UO Ed School. It’s a big deal, the decision is going to make it much easier for students to sue professors. Interestingly the decision was written by 3 judges, the dissent by 7. From Scott Jaschik in IHE. The dissent:…
Postmortem: Given the low expectations, Gottfredson’s speech was good. He said “transparency” and “shared governance” many times. But then so did Berdahl. Still no action, of course – public records are in lockdown, thanks to the decisions of loyal trustee Dave Hubin. But today’s big loser was Randy Geller, who…
by passing the buck to an “Administrative Advisory Group”, though I suppose it’s possible he’s looking for cover to do the right thing. Last I heard Dave was still claiming that the $200 fee waiver policy he and Berdahl rescinded in May had really only been implemented by Lariviere on…
9/30/2012. It’s a twisted story. The DOJ hired an expert who says Harrang Long et al. padded their bill with top-heavy lawyers: If Bill Gary gets his way with the court, his 32 page counter-plea will yield a rather remarkable $27,000 per page (double-spaced). Paid for by the 53% of us who…
First he and Bill Gary lost the one against DA Patrick Flaherty, for which his firm was paid $55,000 by Deschutes county taxpayers. Still no word on the counter complaint against them by Flaherty’s wife. Now Nigel Jaquiss reports the bar has also dismissed the Frohnmayer Gary complaint against John…
9/24/2012 update: From: Penny Daugherty Subject: RE: 2012-2013 AA planDate: September 24, 2012 12:46:33 PM PDTCc: Annie Bentz The reference to October 31, 2010 data in footnote 8 is in error. I will work with staff to make the necessary correction, and arrange for the copy posted on our webpage…
Their editorial board is just not buying what Mullens and Geller are selling and writes a strong editorial protesting efforts to start random drug tests of Duck players without probable cause and without genuine public discussion of that policy. They trust the faculty Senate more than they trust the UO administration.…
9/6/2012: In trying to defend random drug testing UO spokesperson Phil Weiler comes close to slandering UO’s acrobatics and tumbling team, formerly known as Competitive Cheer. Diane Dietz of the RG has the story here: In acrobatics, Weiler said, “there are bodies that are literally flying through the air. The…
8/31/2012. KATU News requested the documents in May, Dan Tilkin and John Tierney have the story. Jake Zivin of KEZI also gives a peek. It’s another of UO General Counsel Randy Geller’s hack jobs, not much meat: The full dump is here. I’d be very surprised if all Randy’s redactions are legal under…
from UO’s public records system. Emphasis in the original: Dear Bill, President Gottfredson received your inquiry, included below, and has asked me to respond on his behalf. As a result of further discussion, we will be modifying our fee practices so that simple, straightforward requests that take less than one…
I’m guessing the exchange below has something to do with AD Rob Mullens’s efforts to start random drug testing of UO’s “student athletes”, and the efforts by the Senate to make him run that policy and change in UO’s OAR’s through the UO Senate first. Instead of resolving this by meeting…
8/21/2012: Word from the historic EMU FishBowl is that RBI Strategies no longer thinks it’s in their best interests to be associated with UO and the efforts of our VP for Student Affairs to use student money to manipulate students into voting for higher student fees. More when Randy Geller gets around…
for pursuing an unsuccessful ethics complaint against DA Patrick Flaherty: Update: For a copy of the $35,000 summer contract Berdahl wrote Frohnmayer, see page 15 here. For info on Randy Geller’s efforts to get his firm $864,000 plus new UO contracts, see here. County Counsel Mark Pilliod supplied these contracts and…