Governor Quinn Acquiesces To Gubernatorial Candidate Walls, Rescinds his Demand For The Resignation Of U Of I Trustees
For Immediate Release
Monday, August 26, 2009
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On Monday, IL gubernatorial candidate William Dock Walls expressed concern and termed Pat Quinn attempt to publicly force U of I Trustees James D. Montgomery and Frances Carroll to resign “inappropriate.” Today, Governor Quinn acquiesced and said these Trustees would be allowed to remain.
Although the Admissions Review Commission Report listed several individuals who were directly involved in the Category I scandal, including certain Trustees, University President White, UIUC Chancellor Herman, College of Law Dean Hurd, Business Dean DeBrock, and University’s Office of Governmental Relations personnel, Terry McLennand and Richard Schoell, the hold-out trustees were not implicated.
Absent any evidence of wrongdoing on their part, William Dock Walls labeled, Pat Quinn’s insistence that these Trustees resign “reckless.”
Walls pointedly added, “There is no room in Illinois government for double standards. Governor Quinn did not demand the resignation of his aide Holly Copeland who admittedly solicited $15,000 campaign donations from special interest groups and trade associations in exchange for a meeting with him.”
According to Walls, “The people of Illinois will be better served if Pat Quinn’s would fully consider all facts and abandon his irresponsible “Shoot first and ask questions later” approach to state business.”