The "appearance of a conflict of interest" is a bell rung

When UNM hired the president's son, Brian Schmidly, the
appearance of a conflict of interest happened. It didn't "begin",
it wasn't suggested, it wasn't implied; it happened.
The appearance of a conflict of interest happened in its entirety.
The damage has been done.


The reputation of a leading university has been soiled.

Again.

If this hiring was not prohibited by UNM policy,
then shame on the people who write UNM policies.
It should be a violation of policy.

What a shame it is that there will still be no revolt;
it still has not gotten bad enough to put and end to it.
Taxpayers have been pushed only to the point of bitching
some more.



All that is necessary for evil to prevail in the world
is for good men to do nothing. edmund burke