"For Evil to Flourish, all that is needed is for Good People to do Nothing."
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"I Think A Hero Is ... "
"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
-Christopher Reeve
"It Comes Down To Truth"
-Mike Pressler
"Strikes Out Against Injustice..."
-Robert F. Kennedy
UNR's Retaliation Apparatus To Silence Whistleblower's
We've seen examples of faculty, staff, coaches, police officers, and citizens who have evidence of criminal violations, and they've suffered massive retaliation at the hands of the whole University of Nevada, Reno retaliation apparatus that protects the upper-level administrators.
The retaliation apparatus involves the President's private police force, the UNRPD. It also involves the human resources and affirmative action offices.
Affirmative action is designed to protect the faculty, staff and students. But at UNR it's turned around and used as a tool for harassment by conducting secret investigations of whistleblowers.
You've seen evidence that the president's office and the attorneys working for the president's office have actually intimidated the local media to make sure that they're really just a mouthpiece for the university administration and won't print most of the allegations that come forth from whistleblowers.
Other parts of the protection and retaliation apparatus are the general counsel's office (led by Mary Dugan). And that office is housed within the president's office. Therefore, everything that they do has the explicit recognition and approval of the upper administration.
What is all this trying to protect?
It's trying to protect widespread abuses of the law involving financial crimes, athletic department crimes, police department crimes, EEO crimes, legal counsel crimes, and the whole UNR abuse of power.
UNR's message to faculty, staff, students and the public: If you challenge our power, we will threaten, intimidate, harass, demote, fire, sue and sanction you, and we'll get the taxpayers to pay for it.
I'm sure that when you first heard us say this or first read our documents you thought this was a pretty outrageous claim: UNR as a RICO operation. We submit to you that we have described and presented evidence that meets all 11 elements of the FBI RICO criteria.
- Transcript excerpts of the Univ. of Nevada, Reno public corruption hearing.
UNR RICO Operation At Work
UNR's RICO structure as presented to the district court.
Courage
Well, for starters you stand up. You stand up and tell the truth. You stand up for your friends.
You stand up even when you are all alone.
You stand up.
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For those who are limited in number and have the courage to stand up, the reward is feeling no regret despite the pain they endure.
"Be Courageous, Play Your Game, Shrug Off Cheap Shots"
Spain's victory lifted my heart because it was done the right way.
In the final against Holland, in the face of the most appalling provocation, Spain stuck to playing soccer the way it was meant to be played and triumphed. It is not easy for highly trained athletes to do this.
In Sunday's final, Gabi Alonso nearly had his sternum crushed by a karate kick by Nigel De Jong that if it had been three inches higher probably would have snapped his neck. Andres Iniesta was subjected to the kind of leg whipping and direct assault on his knees that has long been banned in the NFL.
It would have been understandable if one of the Spanish players tried to break Arjen Robben's leg.
Understandable but wrong.
In any case, Spain kept their cool and courage and stuck to their uncynical game plan focused on playing the ball forward and looking to score.
Holland took the short term, do whatever it takes even if you break the rules approach beloved of shadow bankers and short-sellers everywhere. Spain won.
Here's the metaphor: In a time when rule breakers have all the advantages; when people who are already phenomenally rich game the law in much the same way as the Dutch gamed the referee — what was he going to do? Show a couple of red cards in the final?
When people who try to do things the right way find themselves thrown out of work by short-term thinking managers, small businesses are unable to get finance because banks are oriented towards generating money for their bonuses.
In short when we stand on the precipice of economic catastrophe because people get no reward for living the right way, Spain's victory shines out.
Be courageous, play your game, shrug off the cheap shots, eyes on the prize and you can win.
Nevada A.D. Cary Groth "Knows Her Career Is Sunk"
Note from a reader:
What this says to me, and it is gooseflesh raising, is that Cary Groth thinks that her actions are STILL "invisible," and no one is really watching her; she can still do as she wishes, and even if someone finds out, the interim president and the regents will protect her.
Or, she knows her career is sunk, anyway, so she continues to recklessly engage in illegal behavior.
Many at UNR, coaches and administrators, have been engaging in criminal and fraudulent acts for so long, they don't even know right from wrong anymore, and are void of ethics, even when proved unethical.
NCAA rules and regulations have totally seeped and escaped through Groth's eye and ear, right out the other eye and ear! They don't apply to her.
Nothing, it seems, has sunk into her brain.
Keep a low profile? Not Cary Groth. She still thinks she is invisible, and so do many of the rest of the UNR administrators and lawyers!
They must think they can still protect one another and go unpunished and without consequences.
Regent Unimpressed With UNR's Presentation To BOR
Unsurprisingly, President Marc Johnson, A.D. Cary Groth, and FAR Jean Perry delivered the powerpoint as planned, even in the face of the stunning information that had been provided to them on November 21, 2011.
More details on that outrageous error later . . .
It turns out that we weren't the only ones disappointed in the three amigos (Johnson, Groth and Perry).
Regent Kevin Page publicly stated that he was "unimpressed" with their presentation. Page also expressed his displeasure over the fact that Nevada is currently on NCAA probation.
Two words for Regent Page: Brace Yourself.
Here are a few other notable comments made at the meeting:
"The President is held accountable for anything that happens within the athletics department" - Vice Chancellor Jane Nichols.
Is Marc Johnson wishing to end his career in higher education by failing to exercise control over the Nevada athletic department and his corrupt A.D.?
"Cary and I have an excellent working relationship. We communicate regularly." - FAR Jean Perry.
This comment begs the following questions: What exactly do Jean and Cary talk about? Does Cary provide Jean with "false and misleading information" or are they partners in crime?
No later than August, it would be a safe bet that the University of Nevada will have a new President, Athletic Director, and Faculty Athletic Representative ...
What Did He Possibly Think He Could Hide From NCAA?
I just read the power point presentation that [UNR President] Marc Johnson was to give before the Board of Regents. See post directly below.
By now it is a done deal, but I wonder if he read your blog and reconsidered how absurd it sounded, because he made it sound he intends to go silent or hide information that most of us are already aware of, and the NCAA is already aware of.
Marc Johnson didn't encourage the perception in the powerpoint that he was going to comply with the NCAA's requests for information, and that he would withhold information or lie if he had to.
What did he possibly think he could hide from the NCAA or the general public at this juncture, since your website, letters, personal lawsuit, and the upcoming grand jury hearing, and court transcripts, have all been published on your web page,and have left no details escaping the lenses?
Does Marc Johnson think that the power point presentation shows that as even an interim college president, he is ethical, inscrutable, on the ball. Is he even sound of mind?
UNR Administration Prepared To Lie To The Regents?
Item #15 on the agenda:
UNR President Marc Johnson presents for information the University of Nevada, Reno Intercollegiate Athletics practices and policies for compliance with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules.
A link to UNR's planned powerpoint presentation is included in the agenda.
On November 21, 2011, the university administration was notified that, in so many words, it would be a really bad and dishonest idea to deliver this presentation to the Regents in its present form.
There are a few people, including the folks at the NCAA, who will be real interested if President Johnson presents this powerpoint as planned.
Cary Groth's Banquet Of Consequences Has Arrived
BIG NEWS coming very soon.
Cary Groth has finally met her day of reckoning . . . and, yes, both she and the University know it.
In honor of this, it seems most appropriate to republish a post from a couple of years ago.
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Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
Wickedness is always easier than virtue,
for it takes a short cut to everything.
But over time you learn, you can't make wrong work.
There are always two choices,
two paths to take.
One is easy.
And your only reward is that it's easy.
You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
Work joyfully and peacefully,
knowing that right thoughts and right efforts
will inevitably bring about right results.
You can never lose anything that really belongs to you,
and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.
You always experience the consequences of your own acts.
If your acts are right, you'll get good consequences;
if not, you'll suffer for it.
Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.
~~ Author Unknown ~~
If The Walls Could Speak . . .
- NCAA President
"The Infractions Committee has told us that the athletic department members should be treated harsher than student-athletes, because they should be held to a higher standard."
- NCAA's Director of Agent, Gambling and Amateurism Activities
Ponder these comments for a bit . . .
Serious Allegations Levied Against Attorney Kent Robison
The first case is filed under negligence and it alleges dishonesty and other improper conduct by Robison.
We reviewed a copy of the second lawsuit over the weekend. This complaint alleges, among other things, the following against Robison and his law firm:
- Concealed gross negligence, malfeasance, and self-dealing
- Malpractice
- Egregious conduct
- Common law negligence and lack of skill
- Complete/total breach of ethical duty not to engage in self-dealing
- Intentional harm, willful neglect, unethical conduct
- Continuous course of fraud on Plaintiffs throughout the entire time
Robison, et al represented them
Between the allegations in the two lawsuits pending against Robison, combined with the evidence of his fraud and corrupt litigation practices on this site, there is a clear pattern here.
Here is hoping this fraud is permanently disbarred sooner than later.
By the way, we are hearing rumors that there may be a third lawsuit pending against him as well.
