Giese/Maas Contract - quotes along the way
September 3rd, 2007 PE/”Board moves questioned”/June 13, 2005
“I sought legal counsel outside the district because I felt my concerns that the board did something illegal were ignored.” Ann Motte
NCTimes/”College president’s deal challenged”/June 13, 2005
“It’s not some sort of clandestine thing. Giese will remain with the firm after the contract expires in February.” Micheal Maas
“The arrangement is not prohibited.” Joan Sparkman
NCTimes/”College attorney disputes contract allegations”/June 21, 2005
“Dr. Giese’s service as MSJC’s interim president does not appear to violate STRS’ retirement incentive restrictions.” John W. Dietrich MSJC counsel
PE/”College chief denies action wrongly/June 24, 2005
“Giese said he had had a contract with Maas since mid-April, making the interim president position a ‘reassignment’ rather than a new contract.”
PE/”Trustee’s allegations could earn her board’s censure//MSJC The retiring president and the board’s leader counter the accusations”/July 13, 2005
“Giese and Kadow said they wanted to set the record straight. Kadow said he had requested that Maas reassign Giese to the college.”
“Giese denied allegations that he had had a contract with Maas in April.”
“Sparkman states she says she will no longer sit in closed sessions with Motte.”
PE/”Trustee presses hiring dispute”/January 28, 2006
“There’s no question that she’s intruded in my personal business.” Richard Giese
“Continuing inquiries is problematic to the board and could involve invasion of privacy.” Jon Tyler
“The amount Giese earns from Maas and retirement is private. The college has a contract with Maas, not Giese.” Eugene Kadow
“The college does not know what Giese earns. It should be between CalSTRs and Giese.” Eugene Kadow
PE/”State Audit faults MSJC District”/June 15, 2007
“Our efforts to report the income were impacted by conflicting legal arguments.” Jon Tyler
“Giese, declined to comment on advice of his attorney.”
“Everything was done in good faith and with a favorable opinion from the district’s legal counsel.” Eugene Kadow
“Any issue CalSTRS has with reporting is between the college district and Giese.” Michael Maas
NCTimes/”Audit: MSJC paid more than allowed to former president”/August 18, 2007
“We don’t know what Maas paid Giese.” Bill Marchese, College spokesman
“Efforts to interview Michael Maas and Giese were unsuccessful.”
“Joan Sparkman couldn’t explain how Giese’s salary exceeded the legal limit. I have no idea, That’s the Maas Companies’ business.”
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Such evidenced hypocrisy, demands new leadership at MSJC. According to the audit, Giese and the college were notified by CalSTRS of the earnings limitation and the required reporting of post-retirement earnings as early as August 2005. Giese did not ensure that the college properly report his earnings. With the subterfuge in these quotes, I believe there was intent to defraud CalSTRs on this issue and that is why my inquiry was as Tyler put it “problematic”.
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Very interesting…let’s see what the Sept 5th final report brings to light.
And how about Tyler in public board meetings first saying the STRS law didn’t apply, then saying Giese was exempt, then saying it was between Maas and Giese, then saying they didn’t know how to report it, and finally saying they didn’t know what to report?? As if Giese himself didn’t know what he was being paid. And Tyler gets a raise and promotion for this conduct. Will Kadow and Sparky be held accountable in November?