Alice. She can deal with stuff actually related to education. Which is what the board should be doing instead of undermining its own school for personal profit.
FWIW
Of the nine currently elected to the Board - APope is probably my personal favorite - - - - despite the fact that:
I think she has COMPLETELY FUBARed some key issues (maybe none more so than 34-0 for Lubert)
and
Takes actions take would imply a high degree of naïveté or ignorance (whether she actually is, or not, is a different question - but the ACTIONS would certainly be congruent with naïveté)...... Such as her perception of the "Dambly Issues"
That said:
1 - I have always felt APope is an ABSOLUTELY IDEAL candidate when/if PSU ever has a functional governance Board (and issues like Lubert and Dambly are no longer present)
2 - While she is far less communicative than I think she should be (and maybe some of that is that "naïveté" thing wrt thinking the Scoundrels can truly "compel silence" on non-confidential issues) she is 1,000,000 times MORE communicative - and more willing to discuss issues - than Jubelirer or Lord (or probably EVERY Trustee not named Lubrano)
3 - I feel more comfortable that she - in her heart of hearts - DOES care about PSU for largely the right reasons (and not some personal self-interest). I hope i am right about that - because it is CRITICALLY important.
I can't say that about most of the others - for example, off the top of my head, I couldn't recall two seconds of concern expressed by ALord wrt anything that wasn't focused on Spanier/Paterno/Freeh Report
The truth is - Being a Trustee on the PSU BOT is a SHITTY JOB.......If you do it right
If you are there because you want to provide Responsible Governance to the University - - - it's a largely thankless, difficult task
We are not going to be presented with many opportunities to support candidates who actually do want to do that job........and I think, largely, Alice Pope does.......
As opposed to the Plundering Pirates like Lubert and Dambly....... And the collection of various Sycophants, Social Climbers and Assholes who make up the majority of the Board.......
And the many self-interested "one issue" folks who tend to draw the support of Alumni
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Anyway - for those folks who are interested, my FB page will be the place to link into several issues' discussions (the first one is "up", and more - a LOT MORE - will be sequentially added as the campaign is now underway. All of them will be "live" before April 10 - the first day of the elections)
I think the discussions on "TUITION", on "FOR PROFIT vs PUBLIC TRUST", and on "CAPITAL SPENDING" will be VERY, VERY interesting
for folks who do care about PSU governance
