Nilson: NIC has been taken over

After announcing his resignation as a result of new trustee zones that would have forced him to run against another incumbent, Trustee Ron Nilson of the North Idaho College board fired a “parting shot” at the college he was elected to serve:

North Idaho College is in the middle of a “hostile takeover” and I’m not going to be a part of it. Taxpayers of Kootenai County, it’s time to wake up. You need to know what’s going on inside the walls of NIC. As a trustee, I was able to see the inside of this education system, but it’s hard to explain to your friends and fellow colleagues about the politics of higher education. For the last eight years, I have watched a system that says: If you are not with us, you are against us. If you are against us, we will attack you and discredit your character. Few people really know what is going on here at NIC. As Henry Kissinger said at Harvard: “Politics on the university campus are the worst of all kinds of politics, because the stakes are so small.” I agree they are the worst kind of politics, but disagree that the stakes are small. These stakes are HUGE! These students are our next generation. More here.

DFO: If this is Nilson’s attitude, I don’t mind that he took his ball and went home. Thoughts?