Things haven't changed much, if any, since my last report: only one of my appellants has his information, and nobody has a hearing scheduled yet.  Of course, the hearings should not be scheduled until appellants have time to review the documentation they've requested and construc...

The Blogmeister is accustomed to dealing with the knee-jerk, circle-your-wagons mentality that most university administrators display, but this latest episode with the University of Texas System was a knee-jerk that could have put a football through the uprights at 55 yards if they had done their je...

While TFA is happy to keep the public well-informed, the information it obtains costs cold, hard cash.  As an example, the information posted on this blog regarding the tenure status of those RIF'd and those who voluntarily left  cost over $1400.  Open the link below to see UTM...

The Blogmeister continues to rage against the machine. . . . Over the weekend (that's correct: I have no life) I filed complaints with UTMB over the following: 1. I have no idea how long we'll have to make our argument. As it stands now, I don't know if we'll have half an hour ...

On January 8, 2009, UT filed a motion with the Galveston County District Clerk to move the Texas Open Meetings Act lawsuit (Kay Sandor, et al v. The University of Texas System, et al) to Austin or, failing that, El Paso.  Download Sandor et al v UT Motion to Change Venue 090108 In the same mot...

The Legislature, Galveston, and every employee, rif'd and not rif'd yet, need to understand that UT's and UTMB's corporate managers, people who have little to no regional loyalty, have been chasing money to fill the ledger with MORE black ink.  On May 6, 2006, former President ...

Please see " County’s legislators anxious to start session " on "TheFacts.com."  An excerpt: One huge priority is finding a way to rescue the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, which needs about $670 million to start operating again, Huffman said. The hospit...

Trotting out another of their standard ploys (remember the always upward shifting, pre-Ike "operating deficit"?) in the face of those questioning their actions, UTMB and UT simply upped the ante from $710 million to over $1 billion in damages while testifying yesterday before the Select Co...

It's time to shake off the holiday spirit, I'm afraid, and take a hard look at that uphill road leading to hearings for those who have chosen to appeal their reduction-in-force termination.  The UT System is obviously looking to play hardball in these appeals, since it's gett...

There my eyes were: walking casually across the lines of UT Chancellor Kenneth Shine's elaborate "set the record straight" e-mail yesterday, and I fell straight into the oldest rhetorical trap in UT's rather impressive, dissembling playbook like a hiker falling through the th...