SIAP: Penn State Trustee Candidate Barbara Doran Seeks to Help Penn State Soar to New Heights

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Penn State Trustee Candidate Barbara Doran Seeks to Help Penn State Soar to New Heights

This is part of a series profiling the candidates for alumni election to Penn State’s Board of Trustees. Despite already serving on the Penn State Board

www.statecollege.com

 

[91Joe95]

I'm guessing she means that literally with all the new buildings.

 

[TiogaLion]

Penn State Trustee Candidate Barbara Doran Seeks to Help Penn State Soar to New Heights

This is part of a series profiling the candidates for alumni election to Penn State’s Board of Trustees. Despite already serving on the Penn State Board

www.statecollege.com

Well, she's been on the board for nine years now and watched the university sink to new lows so I guess she thinks she can't make it any worse.

 

[StamfordBridgeVikingatLeftOffensiveTackle]

Well, she's been on the board for nine years now and watched the university sink to new lows so I guess she thinks she can't make it any worse.

 

[TiogaLion]

 

[fairgambit]

Penn State Trustee Candidate Barbara Doran Seeks to Help Penn State Soar to New Heights

This is part of a series profiling the candidates for alumni election to Penn State’s Board of Trustees. Despite already serving on the Penn State Board

www.statecollege.com

 

[fairgambit]

 

[Erial_Lion]

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Barry is really going to start attacking other candidates? Holy crap, I’ve seen it all.

 

[GrimReaper]

Barry is really going to start attacking other candidates? Holy crap, I’ve seen it all.

Telling people how she voted on matters before the Board is an attack? Whatever.

 

[Erial_Lion]

Telling people how she voted on matters before the Board is an attack? Whatever.

Specifically putting out something to negatively campaign against her certainly is…especially since the other alumni elected trustees should be the closest allies on the board.

 

[BobPSU92]

Specifically putting out something to negatively campaign against her certainly is…especially since the other alumni elected trustees should be the closest allies on the board.

They are competing for votes. BARRY. cited facts. I have no problem with it.

Barb can’t have an issue with it. It’s how she voted.

 

[fairgambit]

Specifically putting out something to negatively campaign against her certainly is…especially since the other alumni elected trustees should be the closest allies on the board.

I will respectfully disagree. As long as the information is factual, and relevant to the election, I think it's fair game. Information is power. For too long votes were cast in these elections based upon name recognition and candidate uttered platitudes that were quickly forgotten after the election. That must change.

 

[WVilleLion]

They are competing for votes. BARRY. cited facts. I have no problem with it.

Barb can’t have an issue with it. It’s how she voted.

And down the road Barry will vote for an increase at some point…if he is elected.

 

[GrimReaper]

Specifically putting out something to negatively campaign against her certainly is…especially since the other alumni elected trustees should be the closest allies on the board.

So are Ms. Doran's votes to increase tuition negatives? Did she believe they were when she cast them?

 

[BobPSU92]

And down the road Barry will vote for an increase at some point…if he is elected.

Maybe he won’t. If he does, then other alumni trustee candidates in the future can use it to campaign against him. Fair is fair.

 

[BW Lion]

The stupid ex-banking biotch needs to learn how to gracefully exit the stage.

She has been such an underwhelming BOT representative.

I chuckled after reading this portion of the article.

“As chair of an outreach committee, Doran also been tasked with finding ways to increase alumni engagement.”

She is so incompetent as a human being.

 

[fairgambit]

Maybe he won’t. If he does, then other alumni trustee candidates in the future can use it to campaign against him. Fair is fair.

Agreed. The record of a sitting Board member is critically important information in determining whether they deserve to be reelected. I voted Barb in the past. It is a vote I regret. Quite frankly, I consider her record lackluster.

 

[91Joe95]

And down the road Barry will vote for an increase at some point…if he is elected.

If Barry were to vote against boondoggle spending then he's perfectly justified in voting against tuition increases. No one is required to vote a certain way on any issue. Given how little power alumni elected trustees have they are fools for not voting 'no' more often and at least attempting to draw some scrutiny to issues. Regardless of how Barry would vote, there is one thing I am extremely confident in, and that is his willingness to proactively explain why he voted in a certain way.

 

[BW Lion]

Barry is really going to start attacking other candidates? Holy crap, I’ve seen it all.

The board’s weenie-man opines

 

[WVilleLion]

Maybe he won’t. If he does, then other alumni trustee candidates in the future can use it to campaign against him. Fair is fair.

Barry needs to be careful with his plan of attack. Could make it difficult as a BOT member to not look like a hypocrite later.

 

[ValleyForgeLion]

Looks like she's already taken the long-term debt to new heights.



From Barrys FB page:
Let's talk about accountability. In the nine years the incumbent trustees have been on the Penn State Board of Trustees, Penn State's long-term debt has gone from $934 million to $3.3 BILLION. They approved wild spending on things like $200,000/dorm room renovations and a gutting of a university building because basic maintenance hadn't been done (read my blog post on this on my website: https://bit.ly/3vP04rm). They want three more years to fix what they've broken. I want three years to do it for them. Voting ends this Thursday but get your ballot in now. I would be honored to have your vote. Need a ballot? https://bit.ly/3MhzI7N

This debt is crippling. I don't know where I read it but Purdue under their president have kept tuition low, debt low, and value high. I don't expect the alumni trustees to stop the carpetbagging trustees but I do expect them to understand what they are voting 'yes' for. And I expect them to vote no for this crap.

 

[Manofsteel200]

The stupid ex-banking biotch needs to learn how to gracefully exit the stage.

She has been such an underwhelming BOT representative.

I chuckled after reading this portion of the article.

“As chair of an outreach committee, Doran also been tasked with finding ways to increase alumni engagement.”

She is so incompetent as a human being.

What has she done to increase alumni engagement? Nothing….

 

[bdgan]

Penn State Trustee Candidate Barbara Doran Seeks to Help Penn State Soar to New Heights

This is part of a series profiling the candidates for alumni election to Penn State’s Board of Trustees. Despite already serving on the Penn State Board

www.statecollege.com

I'd be happy if they returned to old heights.

 

[PSUFBFAN]

Looks like she's already taken the long-term debt to new heights.

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From Barrys FB page:
Let's talk about accountability. In the nine years the incumbent trustees have been on the Penn State Board of Trustees, Penn State's long-term debt has gone from $934 million to $3.3 BILLION. They approved wild spending on things like $200,000/dorm room renovations and a gutting of a university building because basic maintenance hadn't been done (read my blog post on this on my website: https://bit.ly/3vP04rm). They want three more years to fix what they've broken. I want three years to do it for them. Voting ends this Thursday but get your ballot in now. I would be honored to have your vote. Need a ballot? https://bit.ly/3MhzI7N

This debt is crippling. I don't know where I read it but Purdue under their president have kept tuition low, debt low, and value high. I don't expect the alumni trustees to stop the carpetbagging trustees but I do expect them to understand what they are voting 'yes' for. And I expect them to vote no for this crap.

This is the type of stuff we need our BOT to be focused on. Too bad very few (if any of them) are focused on these issues. However, we do have quite a few of them focused on climate change, diversity, and alumni engagement. Yea ... that's the ticket.

 

[PSU73]

Retirement benefits/funded and unfunded...is it possible that the carousel of hire and retire of high paid employees results in substantial increases to future obligations? Funding for future retirement benefits was a reason for a $1 billion dollar increase in long term debt in 2020 when LTD went to $3.3B from $1.6B
As reported, the University was to get "credits against future obligations" for doing this. Was this a good financial move? I have no clue but LTD in comparison to the other B10 schools sure stands out. Maybe PSU believes they made a smart strategic financial move to do this at the expense of the Balance Sheet appearance.

 

[BobPSU92]

Retirement benefits/funded and unfunded...is it possible that the carousel of hire and retire of high paid employees results in substantial increases to future obligations? Funding for future retirement benefits was a reason for a $1 billion dollar increase in long term debt in 2020 when LTD went to $3.3B from $1.6B
As reported, the University was to get "credits against future obligations" for doing this. Was this a good financial move? I have no clue but LTD in comparison to the other B10 schools sure stands out. Maybe PSU believes they made a smart strategic financial move to do this at the expense of the Balance Sheet appearance.

The bot laughs at the balance sheet.