Is this one reason Joe Strauss doesn't support Campus Carry?

[ELB]

AUSTIN, Texas--Two highly placed sources say University of Texas president Bill Powers has been given a choice: resign by the end of the day July 4, or be fired next week. The order comes as a whistleblower has allegedly stepped forward with information tying Powers directly to a growing admissions scandal.

So what's the tie to Campus Carry?

UT Regent Wallace Hall, an appointee of Gov. Rick Perry, has been under fire from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Speaker Straus and other lawmakers friendly with Powers. They are upset that he has been conducting an investigation into legislative clout being used to sway the admissions process and other issues with UT's governance.

So is keeping the ability to influence which kids get into UT one of the reasons Strauss keeps parking Campus Carry on the shelf?

UT President Powers and others officials in the UT system are opposed to campus carry. Do read all the linked articles.

One of the linked articles mentions the "forgivable loans to UT Law professors" issue, which I had heard about some time back; it started in 2003 when now-President Powers was dean of the UT Law School. I heard about it when President Powers asked the Dean of the law school to resign for getting himself one of those "forgiveable loans." Interesting.

I had missed the issue of legislators intervening to get kids in to UT Law and UT in general until recently, although this fight has been going on for more than a year. The Campus Carry connection just clicked in my mind today when saw Strauss's name in the article I quoted. I always figured that the academic crowd had a hook in Strauss through either donations or quiet promises not to promote a serious challenger in his district, but it would make sense that letting him have some say in who gets into school would be another way to soften him up when it comes to the university.

Frankly, the charges of impeachment against Regent Hall sound ridiculous, and very pay-back-ish.

[Misfit Child]

It doesn't surprise me when a Texas RINO acts like their Chicago Democrat cousins.

[myntalfloss]

Boy, that's some tortured logic. Re-write it and try to work in something to do with Obama.

I'm sure there's some payback in there though. That's the way academe works.

"University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."
- Henry Kissinger (1923-)

[mojo84]

If you knew how closely Straus and his cronies are tied to Powers and many of the other administrators at UT, you would realize it isn't "tortured logic" at all.

Straus and the progressive legislators have an incredible thiefdom going that largely remains unchecked. A little simple research will uncover some very interesting information.

I don't know when Kissinger said that but things are different now. Look at UT Systems budget and how much the administrators and tenured professors make. Keeping in mind, many of the professor's have TA's teach most of their classes.

Straus even authorized a legislative special committee chaired by dem Carol Alvarado to hire a Houston attorney to help protect Powers.

[LeonCarr]

Cronyism at its finest.

The highest paid State of Texas Employee is the Head Football Coach at t.u.

I can only imagine what the professors make.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

[mojo84]

This is bigger than, just campus carry.

However, many of Straus' cronies are antis.

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