ALLEDGED CORRUPTION AT HCC DETAILED

This article highlights the competing interests that can develop in public administration when elected officials are involved.  The conflicts can be intense and if not handled appropriately can result in terminations and lawsuits. According to Renee Byas, former chancellor Houston Community College, said she was pressured into decisions that would have been a violation of the public trust.  In her retort to the board of trustees’ decision to sue to declare that her contract is void, she counterclaimed that she is a whistle blower and was terminated as a result of refusing to go along with directing contracts to board members’ friends circumventing the bidding process.  She alleges that many illegal activities were taking place during her tenure and her opposition is the only reason why she lost her job. 

However, one can ask why a lawsuit is the venue in which her whistle-blowing first comes to the light.  Her allegations that she has been talking to FBI agents about this are being confronted by the board members as being false. If in fact she is only now raising the issue, the question arises about whether or not she was derelict in her responsibility to the public.  It seems that her push back against the board members is to protect and benefit herself.  Yet, public administration is always for the benefit of the public and a public administrator should certainly point out illegal activity being committed by those in trust, i.e. the board trustees if her allegations are true.  You can’t wait until you are damaged by their conduct to tell everybody else that the public is being damaged.  That appears to be self-serving which is contrary to the aim of public service. 

Sadly, the board of trustees is spending money to oust an administer they once touted as a person who could be trusted in the management of public funds, education, and resources.  The breakdown in relationship between the two is not only costing the public money but also bringing shame to an institution that should be solely about the edification of the public.  These kinds of conflicts could, and maybe should, lead to the election of new trustees because at the end of the day, the chancellor and the board members are answerable to the electorate.  In private business the shareholders usually determine the direction of the company and its leadership, but public administrators are ultimately held accountable by the voters.  While we are not sure how this lawsuit will end, it shows how ineffective conflict resolution can result in jobs being lost, unnecessary money being lost, and shame being shed upon an institution.  If everyone involved remembers that they are public servants, the public could be served much better.
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