To Regent James Dean Leavitt and Regent Jason Geddes:
   
I respectfully emailed you on July 6, 2009 (below) about Public Corruption at UNR, most specifically about President Glick’s illegal ban from the public campus.  I have not heard from you.
         
I had previously emailed the Board of Regents in October 2007 asking you to look into allegations of major NCAA violations in the UNR Athletic Department under Cary Groth’s leadership. Then-Chair Michael Wixom forwarded my email to President Glick and others stating that he did not feel like dealing with this.  (You can thank UNR General Counsel for sharing that email with me).
         
The result of Michael Wixom’s failure to perform his duties as Chair of NSHE is the second major NCAA infractions case in the history of UNR; the only other case dating back to 1976.
          
UNR could likely have avoided this NCAA investigation (going on almost two years now) had Chair Wixom performed the duties that former Gov. Kenny Guinn entrusted him to serve. By simply responding to my allegations and looking into the matter the Board of Regents could have spared UNR from, or at least lessoned the severity of, any upcoming penalties and public admonishments that certainly loom for the University.
        
I did not wish this on the University. I respectfully followed the proper chain of command up the ladder and was ignored by Groth, Glick, and your Board along the way. There is no other way to say this other than . . . I told you so . . .
          
Chair Wixom’s lack of response to the escalating criminal activity on the UNR campus was in violation of the public trust. His legacy includes oversight of and turning a blind eye to the corruption in the UNR Police Department, the UNR General Counsel’s Office, the UNR President’s Office and the UNR Athletic Department. Less we not even get started on the corruption scandals at WNC and CSN.
          
This "ignore it and hope it will go away" or better yet "I don't feel like dealing with this" approach has led to a successful citizen’s petition to the Nevada Supreme Court to convene a public hearing on corruption at UNR. This is yet another process that could have been avoided with strong, ethical leadership at the helm of NSHE.
       
Chair Leavitt and Vice Chair Geddes, you have an opportunity to create your own legacy. You are currently overseeing a system that has been exposed for corruption and has garnered little respect from the community and nation.
       
Regent Ron Knecht’s recent letter in the RGJ points out the "troubled, dysfunctional" label Nevada higher education has acquired and is trying to shed. On that note, I share with you a posting I ran across on an article about corruption in NSHE.
       
Unfortunately corruption in higher education in Nevada is like mice in your house . . . when you see one, you really have 20! My suggestion, buy the really BIG glue traps and make sure those you catch don't get away.
         
Painfully candid but hard to argue with; and sadly sentiments shared by many in the community. Chair Leavitt you preach honesty and ethics on your web site. Words are hollow. Actions are lasting. Will you sit in silence and let the corruption continue to fester or will you stand up and lead? Your legacy is yours to define.
         
You have direct evidence of falsification of evidence by the UNR administration to ban me from the public campus. 
  
You have direct evidence of President Glick violating state law and NSHE Code.
      
You have direct evidence that UNR Athletic Director committed perjury and falsified evidence to kill a civil rights action.
                       
You and the Board know that Glick has no authority by law or code to ban a citizen from the public campus. What are your actions, Chair Leavitt and Vice Chair Geddes? The President and Chancellor report to you. It is your system to oversee. The burden is on you to correct this or implicate yourself in it.
        
I once again followed proper respectful procedure in marching up the chain of command. As I respectfully disclosed to you before I will again. Should this board not perform their elected/appointed duties in honor of the public trust and respond affirmatively by Monday, August 10, 2009 that my ban is released then I will have no choice but to leave the system once again to report this Boards lack of action to those with the ability to cultivate change.
         
Rest assured I do not choose to leave the system and bring further negativity to NSHE. I have patiently waited for you to do the right thing. However, that patience is no more.
        
Should you choose not stand up and lead rest assured the whistle will become much louder until it is an ear piercing pitch that will not go away. The truth is better than to mislead you. Once again, I hope I do not have to say "I told you so". This time, however, it may be more accurate to say "brace yourself".
       
We have only one life to live and we must spend our lives trying to leave footprints . . .

To James Dean Leavitt, Jason Geddes, and the Board of Regents:

The office of Regent is a public trust and Regents, like all public officers, are expected to perform their duties for the sole benefit of the public.

As you are aware, I, a former University of Nevada soccer coach, am one of three citizens, along with a UNR police officer and UNR professor, who have petitioned the Supreme Court of Nevada to convene a Grand Jury on Public Corruption at UNR and its affiliated entities. 

We won a Supreme Court order and a public evidentiary hearing has been set for September 17-18, 2009 in the 2^nd Judicial District Court of Nevada. 

At this hearing we will be representing the citizens of Nevada as we present substantial evidence of criminal activity on the UNR campus, primarily lead by UNR General Counsel Mary Dugan and her subordinates.

As you are aware I addressed your Board at the June 2008 meeting at TMCC.  It was there that I asked you all to release my illegal ban by President Glick from the UNR campus.  To date I have not received a response from any of you.  I return today via this email to ask you again to release this illegal ban from the public campus.

 
Putnam v. Keller (8^th Circuit):  A College campus is a designated public forum because the record establishes that the College opened the campus for expressive activities, such as musical performances and other activities available to the public. As such, Putnam has the same First Amendment right of access to the campus as does any other member of the community.   

New York Court of Appeals in People v. Leonard:  In that case, the court held that to establish that the issuance of a persona non grata letter to a non-student was valid, "the People must demonstrate that the particular order of exclusion had a legitimate basis and that, considering the nature and use of the subject property, its enforcement did not unlawfully inhibit or circumscribe the defendant from engaging in constitutionally or statutorily protected conduct." Mere presumption that the authorized public official had acted in a lawful manner was not enough, the court said.

Certainly the ability to meet in public places is fundamental to the exercise of First Amendment freedoms. If the state denies that opportunity to an unpopular group, the First Amendment will be substantially emasculated.

I direct your attention to NRS 197.200:

Oppression Under Color Of Office

      1.  An officer, or a person pretending to be an officer, who unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority:

      (d) Does any act whereby another person is injured in his person, property or rights, ~commits oppression.

The important attachment to this letter provides direct evidence of falsification of evidence by the UNR administration to ban me from the public campus.  In this attachment you will see the 4 calculated attempts by UNR administrators to ban me.  The most disturbing attempt involved a coach and senior administrator soliciting student-athletes to send in manufactured complaints. 

This is the second opportunity I have offered to the BOR to release my illegal ban.  Should you choose not to take appropriate action this time I will address this Boards violations of state law and violations of the NSHE code at the upcoming evidentiary hearing on the Grand Jury on Public Corruption at UNR and its affiliated entities.   

A few important items of note that have likely been withheld from you by UNR Administration:

My whistleblower decision (from last year) was remanded after I presented evidence of perjury, falsification of evidence, and concealment of documents by Cary Groth, Mary Dugan, and Kent Robison to the District Court Judge. 

The UNR Athletic Department continues to be under investigation by the NCAA.  On information and belief the NCAA has expanded their investigation into the university.  UNR has not been cleared of the sports betting charges nor have they been cleared of any other charge despite UNR’s false manipulation of information through the media.

President Glick received an initial draft of the NCAA Notice of Allegations in September 2008.  He admitted under oath that he had not disclosed this to the Board of Regents as of January 2009.

My recent lawsuit was thrown-out because of wide scale judicial fraud.  I have no doubt the lawsuit will be turned over on appeal.  The actions committed by UNR lawyers, Cary Groth, and others have exposed NSHE to substantially more liability.  This fraud has been reported to the US Department of Justice and will be presented at the upcoming evidentiary hearing. 

My case was dismissed by a Judge who was a former defense lawyer for UNR as recently as 2005.  He refused to recuse himself from my case despite ample evidence of a conflict of interest.  His conflict of interest allowed UNR General Counsel to falsify evidence throughout my litigation.  You will learn more about this misconduct by UNR General Counsel in the near future.

Finally, as a courtesy I advise you that criminal indictments will be sought against Chancellor Klaich, Mary Dugan, Charles Hilsabeck, Cary Groth, and others pertaining to this campus ban and several other issues.  I do not recommend you rely on these individuals for advice on this matter or any others pertaining to the Grand Jury.

As anointed leaders of the entire NSHE, Mr. Leavitt and Mr. Geddes, I put the burden on you to respond to this important email.

Keep in mind my only crime was developing the soccer program from worst to first in two years, winning a championship, and earning commendable evaluations every year; and exposing corruption in the UNR athletic department under Cary Groth’s leadership.

Thank you for your time.

Email Attachment 


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