How's that? What specific law was broken?
Posted on 09/28/2003 9:10:46 PM PDT by socal_parrot
Edited on 04/12/2004 2:10:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante got credit but did not have to attend a basic speech class at Fresno State in the late 1990s because a professor decided in 15 minutes or less that the Fresno Democrat would have earned at least a C based on his public utterances.
(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...
Is that a great topic or what? I did a paper in English 101 on that (about 15 years ago). Got an A out of that one, which wa a rarity for me.
Any questions on why that "A" was such a rarity? (I though not.)
"As lieutenant governor, a position he has held since January 1999, Bustamante is a member of the CSU board of trustees, which sets policy and makes budget decisions for Fresno State and 22 other state universities. As speaker of the Assembly, he also was a CSU trustee. Bustamante was speaker from December 1996 to February 1998. The lieutenant governor and speaker of the Assembly also serve on the Board of Regents for the University of California."
Sorta makes a hypocrite out of someone who claims to be "a die hard fan of the rule of law"
The man can speak well, after all....LOL
"the Fresno Democrat would have earned at least a C based on his public utterances."
How's that? What specific law was broken?
Sorry, I didn't know you were lovers.
Impropriety, quid pro quo. Unethical conduct by an influential state elected representative, CSU, UC Regent receiving special treatment, ...to name a few.
You'd call clepping classes "receiving special treatment"?Freshmen, transfer students, and older students clep class credits every day in every university. It's not special. It's common. Your prior courses and life experiences can frequently get you credit for knowing the core of a classes curiculum.
I don't even like Bustamante. I'm just pointing out, to be fair, that this "scandal" is a non-issue.
Yes, courses can be waived. I had a basic English course waived by taking all my upper division classes first. BUT the chair who waived me through had me in multiple classes and graded probably 20 papers from me: he knew my writing.
The professor cannot remember details or speeches Bustamonte made. As a politician and directly involved with the CSU regents, it doesn't really pass the stink test. His high profile had the school neding over backwardsto accomodate his graduation.
Ah ! I wasn't sure of the significance of that until I found a Texas Monthly (free subscription required) article on her via a Google Search for Lena Guerrero ...Excerpt:
But in 1992 the Dallas Morning News reported that she had claimed a degree she had never received from the University of Texas, and the clock struck midnight on her reign as Cinderella. Even in school, Lena had been short on time, though her affliction was too much ambition. Anxious to begin the political career that beckoned, she neglected her studies, failing several courses and ultimately abandoning school. She paid a heavy price for that impatience in November 1992, when Republican Barry Williamson defeated her for reelection by hammering her again and again over the falsified résumé. (Nearly ten years later, she's still paying—literally. Because the controversy forced her out of office early, she's two months shy of being eligible for the state retirement system's health insurance plan.)
Thinking of voting for McClintock instead of for Arnold ?? (post #544) ...Cruz 'for me everything, for you, nada da** thing' Bustamante ...
“Bajez?! We don' need no steenkin' bajez!!” 
Separated at birth ?? ...
http://mrgrumman.home.comcast.net/Stinkin.wav ...
(May need to click several times to make it work) ...
Yes, it does, doesn't it?
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