McFeely article about Skarphol

[MAKBison]

If people want scrutiny that's fine---like I said previously, lets have an honest accounting of the nickname fiasco and Skarphol's waste of taxpayer money on his "anonymous" open records requests concerning NDSU in his efforts to find dirt.

Exactly....WHERE WAS SHAKPHOL WHEN UND PRES KELLEY WENT TO CANNES ITALY for 2 freakin months of "researching tenure" WTF! I hope MMcF picks up on that...hes the only one with enough balls to say it!

[westnodak93bison]

Exactly....WHERE WAS SHAKPHOL WHEN UND PRES KELLEY WENT TO CANNES ITALY for 2 freakin months of "researching tenure" WTF! I hope MMcF picks up on that...hes the only one with enough balls to say it!

Where was the media? Never heard of this?

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[MAKBison]

Where was the media? Never heard of this?

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exactly....where was the legislative oversight!

[IndyBison]

The issue there isn't the money it's the self promotion. The story is he isn't doing it for NYC, he's doing it for himself. That's not what's going in with this India thing. What's going on is the President of NDSU is doing his job, and some curmudgeon who happens to have a microphone doesn't like it.

The underlying issue is still spending money and attention somewhere the writer doesn't feel it belongs. Skarphol's issue isn't just the amount spent, but the fact he's in India period recruiting students. We have plenty of students here to recruit. I didn't read Rob's post on this, but it sounds like he was OK with the trip but that it could have been done much cheaper. The NYC example was just the first similar one I found. The writer was pointing out the time (and inherently money) the mayor was spending on issues he didn't perceive to be local issues. It's all the same theme: I don't feel you are spending time and/or money on things I feel are important. If you spend some time looking for keywords you'll find articles on situations similar to this one all over the country. The actors and issues may vary, but the underlying theme is the same.

[RedRiver]

Skarphol was just on with Hammer on KFGO. Neither host or guest were very good. Skarphol used the word embarrassing to describe the situation. I'm going to use that same term in an email to Skarphol describing how I feel about his representation.

[Son of a Bison]

Does Fargo or his district have any legislators that will stick up for Bresciani? Seriously, someone of similar stature and title needs to stand up to this bullying.

[bisonbuddy]

He would have gotten away with it if he had said he was going to India to do research on a logo for the F'hawks.

[tjbison]

Does Fargo or his district have any legislators that will stick up for Bresciani? Seriously, someone of similar stature and title needs to stand up to this bullying.

Yeah...right

[bisonaudit]

The underlying issue is still spending money and attention somewhere the writer doesn't feel it belongs. Skarphol's issue isn't just the amount spent, but the fact he's in India period recruiting students. We have plenty of students here to recruit. I didn't read Rob's post on this, but it sounds like he was OK with the trip but that it could have been done much cheaper. The NYC example was just the first similar one I found. The writer was pointing out the time (and inherently money) the mayor was spending on issues he didn't perceive to be local issues. It's all the same theme: I don't feel you are spending time and/or money on things I feel are important. If you spend some time looking for keywords you'll find articles on situations similar to this one all over the country. The actors and issues may vary, but the underlying theme is the same.

OK. I get where you're coming from. I guess maybe the thing to say is that in other places, either their politicians are better at putting a verneer of credibility on their argument, or their constituents are less isolationist and xenophobic. Either way Skarphol is a tool.

[IndyBison]

OK. I get where you're coming from. I guess maybe the thing to say is that in other places, either their politicians are better at putting a verneer of credibility on their argument, or their constituents are less isolationist and xenophobic. Either way Skarphol is a tool.

I think it's that it's a local issue so you are only aware of it locally. There are tool politicians like this everywhere. Watch the local news when you travel and you'll see the same stories with different players everywhere.