[JLS]

Alot of schools could use some house cleaning.

I certainly agreed above. And there is an opportunity now at Duke. Duke has behaved in a way that deserves sanctioning. If they are not, they will not change. If they get away with this, the situation will get worse at Duke and around the country.

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City bus manager's statement surprising

BY RAY GRONBERG : The Herald-Sun, Oct 24, 2006 : 10:53 pm ET [excerpt]

-- Hartley's suit contends that MV Transportation fired him to appease City Council members who wanted a black in the general manager's post, and to head off an investigation of the firm's management practices officials threatened to undertake in response to complaints from a member of DATA's Board of Trustees.

Hartley alleges that the MV Transportation and company Vice President of Operations Russell Tieskoetter cut corners by skimping on pollution-control efforts at DATA's maintenance garage, by refusing to hire as many mechanics as the city contract specified and by delaying the replacement of worn-out bus tires.--

http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-781620.html

* Another Durham scandal in the making, under the Baker and Bell watch.