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Date: Dec 16, 2004

Outside Council???

Date: Dec 16, 2004

Newgirl,

It looks like Shelby Thames got what he was clamoring for. His conduct leads to a pile of Public Records Act requests...so more USM funds have to be spent on outside lawyers to deal with the requests.

Robert Campbell

Date: Dec 16, 2004

i think it may be one person--Marc Depree (sp?) who is in the business college. deep pockets and a wife who is an attorney.

Date: Dec 16, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: stinky cheese man
"i think it may be one person--Marc Depree (sp?) who is in the business college. deep pockets and a wife who is an attorney."

I'm sure that SCM is correct, because the "pistol-packing professor" Chauncey Marcelleous Depree, has been "mail-bombing" the entire USM faculty LISTSERV with copies of his correspondence, and the iTech spam filters can't seem to keep everyone from getting these screeds from him.

Anybody remember his self-published "Choking Dead Chickens" e-zine?

Date: Dec 16, 2004

Another Update.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS01/41216004

Date: Dec 16, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Reporter
"Another Update. http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS01/41216004"

Re Outside Council (sic): I have a background question. What is the purpose of, or reason for the information request by the faculty member in question (Mr. Dupree?)? Will production of the records he's requesting somehow benefit the university, or the faculty? If not, it seems like a collosal waste of money. And as a naive follow-up question, why does it require a $175/hr attorney to retrieve records which are by definition in the public domain? Is there something to hide? Why couldn't a work-study student sift through old files at $7, $8, $9 an hour?

AE

Date: Dec 16, 2004

It's interesting that this single request for outside counsel makes the news whereas last month (or the month before) the IHL approved not one but three different requests from USM for outside counsel and nary a word about it. Check the minutes.

Date: Dec 16, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Austin Eagle
why does it require a $175/hr attorney to retrieve records which are by definition in the public domain? Is there something to hide?

I suspect there is much to hide. It wouldn't surprise me if there were lots of bones buried in the archives.