Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 341038_pub.pdf

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want you to know this, I DID NOT LEAK ANY INFORMATION TO THE
BULLETIN. I have been falsely accused of this and erroneously terminated
for it.
The punishable offense in all of this was the intimidation tactics that
were used on the student. These intimidation tactics were used to keep this
student from publishing his story and are prohibited under Gonzaga's
Personnel Policies. Additionally the student writer was threatened that ifhe
should publish the story he and The Bulletin would be denied access to
future stories involving athletics. A few days later Jose attempted to
apologize to the student in an attempt to keep him from reporting Joel's
threats. If Chris Standiford had not told me of this rumor during my
termination meeting as part of his "You have been insubordinate in the
past" speech, I would have never pieced this together. How can I be
terminated for a rumor?
I am loyal. Loyal to my friends, loyal to my boss, and loyal to my
employer. I make every effort to do things the right way. I was a boy scout.
I was brought up by a Gonzaga alum, class of '78. I was raised to respect
others and put people before one's self. This is why I take student safety
and university liability very seriously, and by firing me a very dangerous
message is sent to both students and RFC staff members. First, it's the
notion that Gonzaga doesn't care about the student's safety and that
somehow money is better spent elsewhere. Last, it's the "rat in a maze"
concept. Bring an idea forth, and you're punished, try and do anything to
draw attention to your cause and you're punished. Pretty soon the message
is don't think outside the box. Productivity and [i]nnovation should be
rewarded, not punished. President McCulloh talks all the time about this
way of thinking and making Gonzaga a