Everyone knew it was just a matter of time before old Bobby boy was sacked, and it finally happened.
I first heard about it from Travis. Here’s basically what I was told happened with some of my comments inserted:
Some kid (i.e. probably some freshman) at Mines Park (part of the residence halls at Mines) built some rails (rails are long pieces of tubular metal used to grind skateboards, bikes, rollerblades and likes on) and Bob took them down. Arguably, Bob was within his jurisdiction when he did that. So all is good. Anyway, this kid sets up a meeting with Bob to talk to him about it which I think is a great idea. So this kid goes to this meeting. He shows up and instead of talking about it, Bob just chews him out and doesn’t stop. So the kid goes home and writes a seven page letter and sends it to someone; maybe President Scoggins, maybe the Board of Trustees, I don’t know. This is last Thursday. The very next day Bob is given the choice to resign or be escorted out by the police.
Yesterday, Harold R. Cheuvront, Vice President for Student Life & Dean of Students sent the following letter to all faculty, staff and students:
Bob Francisco, who has been with Colorado School of Mines since 1988, recently resigned his position as Director of Student Life. I know I speak for many students who attended CSM during Bob’s tenure in thanking him for his many contributions to the quality of Student Life, especially in the areas of facilities construction and maintenance. Bob was intimately involved in the construction and renovation of the Student Center, the renovations of Morgan, Thomas, Bradford and Randall Halls, as well as the construction of Mines Park, the three sorority houses, the FIJI Fraternity House, and the Recreation Center.
I’m actually not quite sure how many people would actually thank Bob. He seemed more like a pain in many peoples ass than helpful team player. But he’s gone. So that’s that.
Sorry Lee.
The guy is a megalomaniac and an utter waste of human space. He dug his hole and now he gets to lie in it. The only thing Bob could inspire me to do is sue his ass. But you can’t get water out of a rock.
My roommate just informed me of this blog last night. This is absolutely hilarious. Bob, you and I both know what happened, and if you can’t talk about it that’s just fine with me. I can tell you are worried about our collective well being just as the former Dean of Student Life should be. But don’t be, we will be fine. Well, at least, much better than you turned out. It’s interesting that you seem to think you are the only one that can “peg” someone from the start. I (like others) knew everything I needed to know about you from the first five seconds of our conversation (if you could call it that), and from what I read above, not much has changed, except that you were REMOVED (the area between fired and resigned is gray at best in this situation) from your position of authority. So, now we can tell you exactly what we think of you without direct repercussion. To show better form than you seemed capable of in your last post (actually all of them), I will refrain from directly attacking your personal character. But I will point out that as our lives taking off, yours seems to be…not. Funny that you “stated the facts above, [but] the rest is a personnel issue of which I DO have the integrity not to discuss just as I have agreed in my severance package” and yet earlier you stated, that you received “all of my benefits (and more) that I was entitled to.” Just as an arrogant excuse of a man who took his personal problems out on the state’s brightest young minds for 19 years should. Integrity clearly has nothing to do with it. However legal terms in your REMOVAL, that save the school face by covering up your actions, do. You are right, my father is friends with a board member. They both attended Mines when it was a MUCH different place. That has nothing to do with my “situation.” Perhaps you could clarify that “situation” for me. Was it that you sent a team with pickaxes to destroy a natural rock formation that we piled 2″ of dirt on top of and now I have to ride a few extra minutes to hit a nice jump? Yeah, not even the board could help me out of that one. You got me good. Also, I find it interesting that my 7-page documentation of our “meeting” got to the board the day before you were FORCED to resign. I wish I could say, “Got your ass,” but you got your own big guy.
I wish I would have never hired Bob, he was a lot of problems, cost our company thousands of dollars, he talked about all the office supplies he and his wife seem to enjoy from school of the mines, and how he collected unemployment while still working. yet he always pointed the faults out on others, and talking about how honest he is, yet he gave away some of our product free to people. NIght mare