GPSA election implications far reaching.

This week, the Graduate and Professional Student Association at UNM is conducting an election, link.

At the heart of all of the issues, a single issue; do stakeholders have any "standing" at all in the decision making processes at UNM?

There is abundant evidence that the good ol' boys at UNM could not care less about the feelings of the great unwashed; students, teachers, and tax payers. Then Board of Regents President Jamie Koch, after suffering a 482-7 vote of no confidence by the faculty, said;

He didn't care one bit about the vote — that it had slid off him like water off a duck's back, link.

If stakeholders are not given respect, they must demand it.

The most important issue on the table is the independent review of the administration of the UNM.

UNM President David Schmidly, in response to questions about the handling of Locksley Gate, stated, he isn't going to answer any more questions.

UNM Athletics Director Paul Krebs said the same thing.

Oh really? Public servants responding to legitimate questions about the public interests and their public service by saying we're not going to answer any more questions.

I don't think so.

There are four issues on the ballot; one is fundamental.
Do stakeholders have the right to demand an independent investigation of their concerns, or must they rely on "trust" in politicians and public servants as their only protection against betrayal?




photo Mark Bralley