Filing: “The record here is clear. The Defendants did not succumb to pressure by the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners to retaliate against Plaintiff for running as a Democratic candidate."
It seems like MSU is claiming that what was said on the tapes was not said, but if it was, it doesn't matter. They may be correct in their conclusion because of at-will employment, but it's difficult to see how the tapes don't implicate MSU as a major part of this fiasco. I just hope voters understand that once again Joe Moss and Ottawa Impact are creating problems rather than solving them.
MSU is just trying to remain as neutral as possible, and maintaining what county programs it can, where it can. They know that OI is being belligerent in wanting certain outcomes to suit their (OI's ) needs, but is also following the law, even if OI isn't. Chris just made a locality problem, with what his career (at the time) was dealing with, a more personal one, and stepped into the politics ring. By doing so, he lost his job. The loss of his main job is quite unfortunate, and it didn't have to be, nor shouldn't be the consequence of wanting to fix extremist politics. But if colleges are to remain a neutral ground in preserving their community programs, and dealing with certain aspects of dirty politics, they have to distance themselves from it if they're able to. And they did, at the expense of Chris' job.
Ottawa Impact's christian nationalism is deplorable in every regard. Please vote them out.
It seems like MSU is claiming that what was said on the tapes was not said, but if it was, it doesn't matter. They may be correct in their conclusion because of at-will employment, but it's difficult to see how the tapes don't implicate MSU as a major part of this fiasco. I just hope voters understand that once again Joe Moss and Ottawa Impact are creating problems rather than solving them.
MSU is just trying to remain as neutral as possible, and maintaining what county programs it can, where it can. They know that OI is being belligerent in wanting certain outcomes to suit their (OI's ) needs, but is also following the law, even if OI isn't. Chris just made a locality problem, with what his career (at the time) was dealing with, a more personal one, and stepped into the politics ring. By doing so, he lost his job. The loss of his main job is quite unfortunate, and it didn't have to be, nor shouldn't be the consequence of wanting to fix extremist politics. But if colleges are to remain a neutral ground in preserving their community programs, and dealing with certain aspects of dirty politics, they have to distance themselves from it if they're able to. And they did, at the expense of Chris' job.
Ottawa Impact's christian nationalism is deplorable in every regard. Please vote them out.