MSSU President Dr. Bruce Speck says he is not aware of a university policy banning convicted felons from becoming professors.
"It's a personnel issue, and we're in the midst of that, and it's very difficult for me to comment on it," says Dr. Speck.
Dr. Speck calls the situation "a problem and we're working to see how we can rectify it". Asked to explain what me means by "problem", Speck says "I think it's a problem, yes, when you have that type of situation, and so we're working through the process and trying to figure out how we can get that taken care of."
Speck says Katz is already under contract with MSSU and does not know the ramifications if the contract is voided.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Speck tells KOAM he's not sure if embezzler/accounting teacher will sing Pink Slip Blues
President Bruce Speck told KOAM today that he doesn't know of any reason why someone convicted of a felony can't teach at Missouri Southern State University. The question was asked in regard to the news, first revealed by the campus newspaper, The Chart, Thursday, that Norman Katz, the university's newest accounting teacher, pleaded guilty to embezzling $129,000 from the William McKinley Museum in Canton, Ohio:
It gives me great comfort knowing that Dr. Speck is in complete control of things at MSSU and that I needn't worry about anything. I will sleep well tonight!
ReplyDeleteEn choquant pour voir les criminels donnés tant de latitude, quand d'autres gens ont donné des années de service excellent et ont été laissés ne vont pour aucune raison.
ReplyDeleteWhat a dud... Speck that is...
ReplyDeleteCan this man do anything right, or at least appear to know something or
fake it out?
He can't even fake it...
Brucie: are you waiting for lawyer daddy Dwight to tell what to do and say?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't this man have any common sense?
ReplyDeleteSpeck has no problem with embezzlers. Remember Karen Pletz, former president of KCUMB? Speck and her had collaborated on the now infamous MSSU med school project - which was going to be Speck's lone contribution to MSSU -until the people at KCUMB realized she couldn't account for $2.3 million.
ReplyDeletewhat a jellyfish!
ReplyDeleteThis is a slap in the face to the many professors who were "retired" or forced to quit in order to save the university money in the past two years.
ReplyDeleteJellyfish!... What a turd! is more like it!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone believe that Katz did not fill out a formal employment application at MSSU? That application would have a "have you ever been convicted of a crime/felony" question? Then fire him for falsifying the application. He can find employment in the Obama administration with the tax dodgers and cheats.
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