FAU Debate - 9/11 Firefighters Locked up in Concentration Camps

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FAU Debate - 9/11 Firefighters Locked up in Concentration Camps

1 min - Jan 25, 2008 -  (65 ratings)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0RV-UeWkY

In my limited view of the world, I believe this may require some explanation from the people that did this.  Why do Cuban officials salute our first responders and the President of Florida Atlantic University locks them up in concentration camps?

Something seems odd about this.

Perhaps someone might be able to get to the bottome of this:



Welcome!


It is my pleasure to welcome you to Florida Atlantic University on the World Wide Web. This is an exciting period for FAU as growth and development take place on many fronts, greatly increasing the educational opportunities available to students.

FAU is a public university that currently serves 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses in South Florida. Since opening its doors in 1964, the university has awarded degrees to more than 95,000 alumni, and I am very proud to count myself among them. Like today's students, I found FAU's faculty second to none in excellence of classroom teaching and mentorship of students. This truly outstanding community of scholars makes the university experience come alive for students, broadening their horizons in a multitude of ways.

Though just more than 40 years old, FAU is already claiming a place among America's most productive research universities. Discoveries are being made today in FAU laboratories that will add to the arsenal of diagnostic and treatment tools used in the battle against cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and a host of other deadly illnesses.

It is my great privilege to lead the university during this period of transformative growth and progress. I cordially invite you to explore this Web site to find out more about all FAU has to offer you.

Frank T. Brogan '81
President

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President's Biography
Frank T. Brogan


Frank T. Brogan became the fifth president of Florida Atlantic University in March 2003. Previously, he was lieutenant governor of Florida , the state's commissioner of education, superintendent of schools in Martin County, Florida, and a principal, assistant principal, dean and fifth-grade teacher in Martin County public schools.

President Brogan and his twin brother, John, were born in Cincinnati , the youngest of six children. The first member of his family to graduate from college, President Brogan received a bachelor's degree in education magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati in 1976.  After moving to Florida to teach at Port Salerno Elementary School on the Treasure Coast, he continued his education at Florida Atlantic University, earning a master's degree in education. He became dean of students at Indiantown Middle School, assistant principal and then principal at Murray Middle School, Martin County's superintendent of schools, Florida's Commissioner of Education (the youngest person ever to hold that office), and, in 1999, lieutenant governor on the Bush-Brogan ticket. He had just been elected to a second term as lieutenant governor when he decided to seek the presidency of his alma mater, Florida Atlantic University .

President Brogan has been a champion of public education all his life. He considers his most important achievement as commissioner of education to have been building greater accountability into Florida 's public school system, and he is a strong advocate of accountability in higher education as well. His goals for Florida Atlantic University include supporting its continued growth as an important center of teaching, research and public service activities; increasing access to higher education across the University's seven-county service region; encouraging diversity in FAU's student body, faculty and staff; supporting world-class research initiatives; fostering close, mutually supportive relationships with the communities the University serves; and making FAU an ever-stronger engine of economic development for South Florida.

In addition to championing education, President Brogan has served as a leader for other important causes. During the past few years, he has become especially involved in the fight against cancer - a disease that claimed the life of his first wife, Mary. He has used his remarkable speaking ability to crusade in the fight against breast cancer, and he currently serves as statewide chairman of Florida's Dialogue on Cancer. He has received a public service award from the
Pioneers in Prostate Cancer.

In 2007, President Brogan was named to the board of directors of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Additionally, he was recently appointed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist, to chair a collaborative Blueprint Commission on juvenile justice issues.

President Brogan is married to Courtney S. Brogan, who has a law degree from Florida State University . They are the parents of Colby John Brogan, born in 2005.

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HE WAS LIEUTENANT   GOVERNOR UNDER JEB BUSH WHO SIGNED MARTIAL LAW 4 DAYS BEFORE 9/11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/01/State/Frank_Brogan_will_bol.shtml

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Frank Brogan is a piece of shit!!!!!!!!!!!!
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December 13, 2007
FAU policy change falls short
> Posted by Doug Lyons at 11:44 AM

What the Florida Atlantic University board of trustees did this week was admirable, but it isn't enough to stem the controversy surrounding their school president's decision to pay off a departing administrator. There are still many inquiring minds who want to know the real story behind the six-figure severance package for Lawrence Davenport. Frank Brogan (pictured at right) made the decision, but at this point hasn't made any details explaining the call to either state auditors or state legislators who are trying to figure out why the university decided to pay more than it had to to a retiring administrator.At a meeting at the school, Brogan read from a prepared statement that reiterated what officials had been saying: Davenport didn't work out because of philosophical differences over leadership. It's an explanation, but not one that sheds much light, or generates any real confidence in the university administration.There's talk that the school was afraid of a discrimination lawsuit, which raises a host of other concerns. If there is a deeper problem of racism at the universit, hush money won't make it go away. Right now, the controversy still simmers. The policy change that the trustee board must sign off on all employee contracts with severance packages, is a start, but not much of an answer.

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December 10, 2007
Frank Brogan's $495,661 question
> Posted by Doug Lyons at 4:32 PM

Florida Atlantic University President Frank Brogan has some explainin' to do. At least that's the sentiment coming out of Tallahassee and the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee, which unsuccessfully tried to get some answers this week out of the university. The topic under discussion: the six-figure severance to Lawrence Davenport, a former vice president. The severance was one of 22 problems highlighted by the state Auditor General. Unfortunately, it was a big one, and state Rep. Carl Domino, R-Palm Beach Gardens, (pictured left) and other lawmakers wanted to find out why Brogan authorized a favorable severence payment when the school didn't have to. Davenport resigned from his post in March, and Brogan cited differences in leadership styles, but provided no specific documentation to the auditor or the legislative committee. He was a no-show at the committee hearings, and his representative told lawmakers only that Brogan (pictured right) thought it would be better to pay off Davenport than to risk a possible court battle over the resignation. That explanation didn't satisfy them. "I can't say where it will go from here," Domino said. "Today wasn't a great day for the school."

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October 5, 2007
Frank Brogan's new challenge
> Posted by Doug Lyons at 6:47 AM

As if running a state university during a major budget shortfall wasn't challenging enough. Now, Frank Brogan is leading a panel that is trying to reform juvenile justice in Florida.Brogan should be used to tough assignments. He faced plenty of them as lieutenant governor during Gov. Jeb Bush's first term. It hasn't exactly been a bed of roses running Florida Atlantic University, which has its share of fundraising controversies while trying to cope with growing student enrollment in a stingy state budget climate. All this makes Brogan the best man for the job. He brings the right mix of conseervative credentials, the background of an educator and the skills of a seasoned politician to keep the spotlight on a still crucial issue facing Florida. The committee currently is barnstorming the state, seeking ideas and recommendations for a final report that will be turned over to the governor and the secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice early next year.  Brogran remained optimistic and upbeat during this week's meeting with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board, even when the questioning turned to money. "It's a hard sell," he said. "But we've got to start somewhere."

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FAU President Frank Brogan says he erred on severance payment
His approval of a $577,950 severance payment created a public relations headache for Florida Atlantic University.

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Boca Raton, FL    Reply »
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Let the President take a pay cut of $577,000, then it really would be his mistake.
Bye bye Brogan
Jacksonville, FL    Reply »
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Brogan should lose some money on this "deal" HE approved.

Too bad, he took the money from students.

Brogan is still has a principal's mentality. He can't see the bigger picture. Poor decision making, wonder what other decisions have been brushed under the carpet.

This guy should just be a figure-head with NO decision making ability. Let's face it. He was just a local school superintendent plucked from a county. NO real head for the big time stuff at the state or university level.

Does this guy even have a doctorate?

Brogan needs to go.
FAU 02
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Brogan is a phony and a fraud. He is nothing but a political opportunist and scam artist. He is one of the least qualified people go ever become a president of a major university. The sooner FAU gets rid of him the better off they will be.

The other bloggers are right, Brogan should be forced to pay back part, if not all, of the money.
Max
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
So now Brogan is starting - I haven't seen a single direct quote yet - to admit this finanical disaster was caused by a threat to sue for racial discrimination. Fine. But here's the question still unanswered. Why did he negoitate such an outrageous contract in the first place?

I'll give you my answer - the same reason he paid - affirmative action. Affirmative action is the underlying reason for the successful corporate extortion tecniques used by Jackson and Sharpton. Davenport learned. Davenport told Brogan that by hiring him, FAU would get affirmative action brownie points, however, those points wouldn't come free. That's how he got the contract in the first place. Who else gets a contract that states that if the employee is proven to be incompetent, or otherwise unfit for the job, they get almost $600,000?

Affirmative action is the reason this entire episode was covered up in the first place. It's past time to end it.
Iceman
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
We should all have government jobs!!!
truthteller
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
"While FAU officials felt such a suit would be without merit, they didn't want to risk the expense and negative publicity associated with such a case, Brogan said. So they publicly called the firing a resignation, gave Davenport the severance and promised not to speak disparagingly about him."

So what did FAU do to Davenport to even get him to bring up discrimination? 557k is a lot of reasons to keep quiet. I think the state legislators need to talk to Mr. Davenport to find out what the issue really is....because if Brogan is really discriminating against people....FAU better buy a lot more vending machines.
Family man
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Lets end affirmative action now. Either you can do the job and you get paid, or you can't and you get fired. It shouldnt matter what race or gender you are.
The company's that hire my business do so because we can do the job, if we don't we are out, plain and simple.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
BROGAN - The only non-Phd university president in the country and why....

Jeb Bush made him that way.

Had to pay a brother off or he would have played the race card....hmmm. I hope this oft-used ethnic work habit doesn't influence any potential future employers.

... so FAU wanted to avoid the bad publicity of a court battle with a fired employee but they would rather have this; the "hide the $577,000 acorn under the shell" nightmare of bad publicity.

Now, there's bad judgement.

Frank is an under qualified GOP coat-tail-hanger-on-er. But the board was duplicitous in it's oversight.

shame on all.

Parents (students) ZERO, Frank and his politico's ONE (another ONE).

you keep score.
mike
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
2 years severance at $577k? This school has way too much money to be 'tossing' around. Ridiculous. Outrageous salary.
Trained Observer
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
This wasn't a small error in judgment. This was a big-time payoff and coverup and Brogan should pay the price.
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Brogan is an incompetent that has ridden the Republican Bandwagon for the last fifteen years. Any other public official makes a half million dollar mistake and he or she would be ridden out of town on a rail. Fire this phony
STILL THE SAME
Stuart, FL    Reply »
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
The last guy that left FAU only got a Corvette.

How is it that this guy gets $577,000 ?

...another of JEB'S education plan. Yeah ....we're tops in the nation now. thanks Frank and thanks FCAT.
The King of all Posters
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Brogan is still better than anyone else that FAU ever had as President. I support Frank 100%. Go Owls.
Government Work
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Iceman wrote:
We should all have government jobs!!!
We do all have government jobs, we all pay more than half of what we make to the government, this means we work for the government.

Firemen sleep on the job and make over $100,000 per year for 8 days a week. At age 45 get $7,000 plus per month pensions. The taxpayer has to work very hard to pay for such waste.
Cadoodle
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
This sounds like EXTORTION. Can we all spell p-a-y-o-f-f? I'd bet that Brogan's offer to Davenport didn't start off as $577k. Probably Davenport kept asking for more. Not only does it show poor judgment by Brogan, but it is overshadowed by the fact that Davenport took a bribe. Both are/were public employees. Neither deserves public trust. There are far too many FAU staff and faculty members who are living below poverty level and struggling to get by. This should have been addressed last year when it came out, rather than now.
pb county
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
This should be treated just like the wonderful county commissioners here... off to the big house Brogan.

They chose to rip off FAU students not the University for the obvious reason that surely using state money would have sent them to the slammer.

Error in judgement, hardly this was planned and plotted.
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
Fau Pres Suxs wrote:
Let the President take a pay cut of $577,000, then it really would be his mistake.
Amen. Amazing how stupid some college-educated people can be.
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
This error is judgment was very costly to the university unlike the corvette. People were fired over the corvette. Why is Brogan still here, he should be held accountable for this mistake just like any one of us would be. He didn't even get a slap on his hands.
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
He's still here because the Legislature found nothing illegal about it; the staff and faculty, while irritated are not going to bind together and do anything about it; and finally the Board of Trustees (as well as the students and the greater community) really LIKE the guy. Fact is, most of you have never met Brogan or seen what he has done at FAU. If you had you wouldn't be so quick to jump the gun and look for another President. Fact is that we had a handful of Presidents before Brogan, all with Ph.D.'s, and the only one who came close to improving FAU as much as Brogan was Catanese... and for all the good that Catanese did, he also spread out FAU across different counties in a shotgun, Burger King approach that FAU is now trying to get under control since it unnecessarily spreads out resources, giving everyone a headache.
STARVE a LAWYER
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Tuesday Jan 8
 
this was a no win situation either Davenport gets paid or the lawyers get paid. And if you pay the lawyers than it is also possible Davenport gets paid.

i feel Brogan did the wise move--STOP FEEDING THE LAWYERS.

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MAIL:
 
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Attn: (Insert Department/Name)   PHONE:   
         Main Numbers   
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     Boca Raton   
561-297-3000
     Davie   
954-236-1000
     Dania Beach (SeaTech)   
954-924-7223
     Fort Lauderdale   
954-236-1000
     Jupiter   
561-799-8500
     Treasure Coast   
772-873-3300
   

Admissions   
..
     Undergraduate (all campuses)   
800-299-4328
     Wilkes Honors College   
800-920-8705
     Graduate  (all campuses)   
561-297-3624
   

Alumni Affairs   
888-FAU-ALUM
   

Athletics (Tickets)   
866-FAU-OWLS
   

Career Development Center   
..
     Boca Raton   
561-297-3533
     Davie    
954-236-1214
     Jupiter   
561-799-8010
   

Libraries   
...
     Boca Raton   
561-297-3770
     Davie   
954-201-6648
     Fort Lauderdale   
954-357-7417
     Jupiter   
561-799-8530
     Treasure Coast   
772-873-3309
   

 Lifelong Learning   
561-297-3171
   

Human Resources   
561-297-3058
   

Research   
561-297-0777
   

Events Line (School of the Arts)   
561-297-2977
   

University Advancement   
561-297-3010
   

University Center Box Office   
561-297-3737
   

University Communications
and Marketing   
561-297-3020
   

University Ombudsman   
561-297-3693

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ELEANOR R. BALDWIN HOUSE

Campus Residence of the University President and Reception Center


The Baldwin House is named for Ms. Eleanor R. Baldwin, a longtime Boca Raton resident and Broward County high school teacher. Ms. Baldwin's intention for making this contribution was to provide FAU with a facility to assist the institution in meeting its community based goals and to provide a cornerstone on which university traditions will be built.

The Baldwin House is an events and reception facility as well as private residence for the President and family. The purpose of the house is to present a gracious setting for the university to extend its hospitality and to celebrate its achievements. These types of events will center on gatherings for faculty, students, or alumni, recognition of donors, academic milestones, and volunteer appreciation.

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FAU's presidential residence opens without a tenant
By: Kelly Tyko Issue date: 6/13/02

'Eleanor R. Baldwin' House for Rent: 14,000 square ft., two floors, atrium, library, 20-seat dining room, catering kitchen, entertainment room, three private bedrooms, a formal parlor, and a two-car garage.

Located near the 20th Street entrance of the Boca Raton campus.

Rent-free for future FAU presidents.

With a pair of scissors more than two-feet long, outgoing President Anthony Catanese cut through the red ribbon and one of his last tasks as FAU's top administrator. On June 6, in front of a crowd of 300, Catanese joined Eleanor R. Baldwin in the official opening of the presidential residence - a house that will remain vacant until a new president is appointed. The acting president, Rick Osburn, won't live in the house. "My successor will take the helm of a whole new FAU, and the Eleanor R. Baldwin House stands out as a shining jewel," Catanese said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. "For decades to come, it will provide a warm and gracious setting for university functions of all kinds."

To Catanese the house has symbolic importance - not just as a home for the president, but for all of the university. He said, "As FAU approaches its fortieth birthday, it is time for students, alumni, faculty and friends of the university to have a place to come together in the spirit of celebration."

Completely privately funded, 30 donors contributed a total of about $2 million to design, build and furnish the home. The lead gift of $1.5 million came from Baldwin, a retired teacher, whose parents have also donated to FAU. No state matching funds have been or will be sought, according to university officials.

The completion of the Baldwin House makes FAU the eighth of Florida's 11 public universities to have a presidential home. While the house's first floor is already decorated, the future first family will be able to add their own style to their second-floor quarters.

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ELEANOR R. BALDWIN HOUSE
http://wise.fau.edu/president/baldwin/about_house.php
About the Baldwin House



The Eleanor R. Baldwin House, an elegantly designed University reception center and presidential residence, is Florida Atlantic University's newest landmark. Located on the Boca Raton campus, the Baldwin House adds new dimension to campus life, providing the University with a place of true distinction. Serving as a focal point for FAU, the Eleanor R. Baldwin House provides the perfect setting for various university functions ranging from welcoming receptions for incoming freshman, new faculty members, and visiting dignitaries to Homecoming gatherings for alumni and significant milestones.

The Mediterranean-style 14,000 square foot Baldwin House has an entrance that features a tile mosaic of the University seal. This rotunda area is flanked by the Sydney A. Altman Library that houses a collection of FAU books. On the other side of the entrance foyer area is an elegantly appointed receiving parlor. Sweeping stone staircases frame the grand room, an area designed to host larger receptions and sit down dinners sunder the glow of five crystal chandeliers. For small private dinner, the Baldwin House offers a beautiful formal dining room. For informal relaxing and conversation there is a club room with a large screen television. Off the lanai at the rear of the house, guests will discover a bronze three-tiered fountain designed by local artist Bill Klug that depicts the habitat of the burrowing owl, FAU's mascot. A full commercial kitchen fulfills the service needs of the house.

The second floor of the building is dedicated to the private living residence of the University President. An inviting and comfortable gathering place, the Eleanor R. Baldwin House stands for hospitality - a gracious and warm venue for university traditions.


DONORSEleanor R. Baldwin
The Sydney A. Altman Family
Ancient Venetian Floor Company
Baring Industries
C.R. Klewin Southeast, Inc.
Carl's Furniture
Anthony J. and Sara Catanese
Centex Rooney Construction Company
Chartwells
Cisco Systems
Leigh and Pam Dunston
Elcon Electric
FAU Lifelong Learning Society
FAU National Alumni Association
Falkanger Residential Design Group   Florida Public Utilities Company
The Frame Shop at Boca Raton
HYVAC, Inc.
Imported Stone by Gibraltar
Johnson Controls, Inc.
The Estate of Anna Grace O'Dell
Prachel Painting
Siemen's Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
Statewide Plumbing of Boca
Stephen Lloyd Interior Design
Tecktron Electrical Systems
John Temple
Universal Drywall and Plastering
University Club of the FAU Foundation


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Why not put our heros in that house rather than concentration camps you piece of shit!

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555 Northwest Twentieth Street
Boca Raton, FL 33431

Phone: 561-297-0200
Email: dbrown@fau.edu

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Wow... that place is like something right out of Eyes Wide Shut... I love the owl fountain! So stylishly esoteric! And another owl statue perched on the desk in the office.. why not just stick glowing Eye of Ra's everywhere and be done with it??

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Wow... that place is like something right out of Eyes Wide Shut... I love the owl fountain! So stylishly esoteric! And another owl statue perched on the desk in the office.. why not just stick glowing Eye of Ra's everywhere and be done with it??

No shit, they are already so obvious about it... Look, I'm not saying I would, but if I were them  --- I would. Jesus they are already pretty much spitting  right into our faces, and do they genuinely believe that they're getting away with all of this unnoticed? Might as well live like the overlord he really is, get one of those big floating eyes from like the LOTR...

[Kpezzy]

Wow... that place is like something right out of Eyes Wide Shut... I love the owl fountain! So stylishly esoteric! And another owl statue perched on the desk in the office.. why not just stick glowing Eye of Ra's everywhere and be done with it??

look in the office closer MUCH closer, look on the book shelf theres two more Owl's, then look in the Bar Another big Owl look all over closer your not going to believe how many you find

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They are used to puting people in camps and prisons.

George C. Zoley

http://www.fau.edu/communications/pressarchive/2003-02/

George C. Zoley Named Chairman Of The FAU Board Of Trustees
BOCA RATON, FL (Jan. 16, 2003) -- The Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees met on Wednesday for the first time after a constitutional amendment called for reorganization.
During the first meeting, Dr. George C. Zoley, an FAU alumnus, was elected chairman, and Sherry Plymale was elected to the vice chair position. Zoley is chairman and CEO of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and a member of FAU's Foundation Board of Directors. Zoley is also the chair of FAU's Presidential Search Committee. Plymale is past chair of the State Board of Community Colleges and former chief of staff of the Florida Education Commissioner

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They are used to puting people in camps and prisons.

George C. Zoley

http://www.fau.edu/communications/pressarchive/2003-02/

George C. Zoley Named Chairman Of The FAU Board Of Trustees
BOCA RATON, FL (Jan. 16, 2003) -- The Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees met on Wednesday for the first time after a constitutional amendment called for reorganization.
During the first meeting, Dr. George C. Zoley, an FAU alumnus, was elected chairman, and Sherry Plymale was elected to the vice chair position. Zoley is chairman and CEO of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and a member of FAU's Foundation Board of Directors. Zoley is also the chair of FAU's Presidential Search Committee. Plymale is past chair of the State Board of Community Colleges and former chief of staff of the Florida Education Commissioner

NICE F**KING CATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10,000 psychopaths keep showing up again and again and again.

THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY!