During the recent reputation rehabilitation media tour of Gannon’s president, he has been saying that that the lawsuit settlement didn’t really change the lease among other claims. Huh.
We at KOLP believe in transparency, because the original approval of this lease was a result of a lack of transparency to the taxpayers. Instead of a carefully curative narrative, here are the facts:
How it started….
- The original Blasco/Gannon Lease
- The $1.5M ARPA Grant for a Research Lab including the original Project NePTWNE proposal
- The op-ed by the current Project NePTWNE director that refers to Blasco Library as a “mudroom” for Project NePTWNE
How it’s going…
- Memorandum of Understanding that codifies Gannon’s obligations and responsibilities to the library. These did not exist under the original lease, but are a result of the settlement KOLP negotiated.
- New Lease Terms
Seems like some big changes in the lease as a result of the settlement after all, don’t you think? Please help us retire the rest of our legal fees by using the button below.
“I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.”
~James A. Baldwin
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