Ruben Arminana and Sandy Weill: Lovers

Hi.  My name is Ruben Arminana.  I don't give a fuck about Sonoma State in reality.  I have an obnoxious salary so the rest of you can eat cake and suffer with cuts.  My legacy at Sonoma State is to construct a music center so completely over-the-top that my pet project is running millions over budget. 

Shhhhhhhhh  I have a secret for you and I'm about to come out of the closet.   I'm in love with Sandy Weill because the crooked jew bastard has money at his disposal to bail me out of my financial hole and finish my pet project before I retire with my bloated pension.  Maybe I'll even get Sandy to construct a sign in lights at the entrance with my name on it to feed my pathetic ego.

My morals are clear:  Kiss the ass of crooks.  Roll out the red carpet for them.   The message is that it's ok to rape financial systems and topple economies to get filthy rich if you turn around and toss a crumb or two to groveling bottom feeders like myself.
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Quiet Rage is left to ponder:  If the Weill's were so selfless, they would have been an anonymous donor.  They're not the philanthropists they claim to be.  It's easy to throw money around  when you have an endless supply from swindling.  Besides, who can sit on so many endless committee and boards and be effective?  They just want their name on as many letterheads as possible for even more tax dodging write-offs. 

This is a perfect example of the greedy side of giving. 

SSU Loans

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it's a duck.

There is quite a brew-ha-ha here in Sonoma County regarding a Donald Trump wannabe getting a loan from an academic foundation for real estate. Then, of course, Donald Trump got too big for his britches and is now bankrupt. Surprise, surprise.

While those on the board are trying desperately to redeem themselves of the action, I have but a few basic questions:

1. Why is an academic foundation loaning money for real estate loans?
2. Should not direct loans to board members and former board members be banned as a conflict of interest?

It seems like there is a lot of self-dealing going on. I know I would not be pleased to find out that money I donated to an academic foundation was being used to finance a board member's real estate portfolio. I would be pissed as hell.

While I agree that investing money and getting some interest is essential to running a business, I think that the only interest gained here is self-serving.

I hate to sound like a broken record, but you can't trust ANYBODY with large pools of money. This is only one sad example on how funds that are earmarked for what is to believed as "public good" are syphoned off by greedy assholes.