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 bei