CSU Faculty Voice: Breaking News! Patrick Cage Thinking About Life After Chicago State. He Wants to Be a Judge

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Breaking News! Patrick Cage Thinking About Life After Chicago State. He Wants to Be a Judge

Guess What? Patrick Cage has applied for a new job! He wants to be a Cook County Circuit Court judge. Can you imagine? Patrick Cage, who had his testimony impeached in the same court, who is in no small part responsible for the huge award in the Crowley case, who never responds to legitimate requests for public information, who has been a national laughingstock for his legal pronouncements, sitting on the bench? Is this the quid pro quo for doing Watson's dirty work? Here's an interesting comment from someone with a keen interest in the doings at Chicago State: "Once your president is gone, it will be somewhat entertaining to watch his crony appointees try to hold on to their positions in the absence of their protector as well as in the absence of any applicable skill sets."

Whatever the answers to those questions, anyone wishing to do so can make comments on Cage's suitability for such a position. Those comments can be sent to:

Joyce Williams-Administrator
The Alliance of Bar Associations
20 S. Clark St., Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60603

The Chicago Bar Association
321 S. Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604

or

Circuit Court of Court County Nominating Committee
c/o Timothy C. Evans
Chief Judge
50 West Washington Suite 2600
Chicago, IL 60602

Here's a partial list of applicants. For information on the other applicants, see this web site: http://iln.isba.org/blog/2015/02/12/nearly-300-apply-6-cook-county-associate-judge-vacancies:

1 comment:

Concerned FacultyJul 17, 2015, 2:12:00 PM
The CSU Ethics Officer was a judge, proving that honesty is not a prerequisite.

Did I just sexually harass her? Sorry...
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Thanks to Haki Madhabuti

"1. He/she must be a scholar of national note, with significant peer review publications and books in his or her field. There must be no doubt as to his/her standing in the community of scholars. This would also include a history of the candidate’s participation in the appropriate professional organizations.

2. He/she must have served with distinction as the administrative head of a major unit within an institution of higher learning or at the important position of Provost and/or Dean. Of course, prior service at the presidential level is preferred.

3. He/she must have a documented history of raising significant monies from the private and public sectors. At most major and research one universities it is not unusual to expect the president to come with a plan to raise in excess of half a billion dollars or more in the first few years.

4. The prospective president must have a consensus buy-in from the faculty, students, administration and staff, therefore, arriving with a unity mandate to lead by joining a University community that has bought into his or her vision for the future."

From an open letter to the CSU Community, 2009.