Concert debacle increases UH faculty's doubts over competence of leadership

By Ferd Lewis

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 25, 2012

~~<p>The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly branded the Stevie Wonder concert fiasco a "grave distraction illustrating a failure to assert responsibility and leadership at the highest levels at UH."</p>
<p>The comments came in a posting Friday on the faculty union's website, uhpa.org, and followed publication Thursday of a July 16 letter by David Simons, the attorney for former UH athletic director Jim Donovan. In the letter, Simons complained that his client was being made the scapegoat in the canceled-concert controversy.</p>
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The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly branded the Stevie Wonder concert fiasco a "grave distraction illustrating a failure to assert responsibility and leadership at the highest levels at UH."

The comments came in a posting Friday on the faculty union's website, uhpa.org, and followed publication Thursday of a July 16 letter by David Simons, the attorney for former UH athletic director Jim Donovan. In the letter, Simons complained that his client was being made the scapegoat in the canceled-concert controversy. Login for more...