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November 22, 2009, 05:43 PM ET
Utah College's Board Will Redo the Process of Hiring a President
To make sure its hiring process is legal, the governing board of the Utah College of Applied Technology plans to withdraw its decision to rehire a controversial past president, Robert O. Brems, as the institution's leader, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. The full board will interview Mr. Brems and another finalist at its next meeting and then make a new decision, its chairman told the newspaper. The chairman said that the board was taking those steps because of allegations that it had violated Utah's open-meetings law in its decision last month, and not because of backlash over Mr. Brems's past. He had stepped down as president two years ago after controversies over the use of a campus's money for a political parade float and over his $150,000 transition package. The two-year college has eight campuses across the state.
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1. snwiedmann - November 23, 2009 at 07:32 am
Let me get this straight. You know the guy has misspent public funds in the past, and you're still thinking of rehiring him?! What are they drinking in Utah these days?!
2. willynilly - November 23, 2009 at 11:22 am
The Trustee Board has been assured that Mr. Brems has been successfully schooled on how to completely cover up misdeeds this time around. In his previous stint as president, he simply got a little sloppy. That will not happen again.
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