Mike Garrison Pays People to Read This Blog
Bloggers are able to see a fair amount of information about their visitors via this little thing called Sitemeter.
I had been noticing that I was getting a lot of visits from a Charleston PR firm called TSG Consulting. “Shouldn’t you guys be getting back to work?,” I thought to myself.
But it turns out they were working.
You may have heard that Boss Garrison hired a PR firm to advise and assist him with his candidacy. (Heck, what prospective college president doesn’t hire a PR firm these days? Yeah.) But get this: he hired the PR firm before Hardesty even announced his retirement. Those of you who still refuse to believe that this was a done deal before Hardesty even announced might want to take note of that.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure he’s had some help from TSG Consulting. Take it from me: they’re BIG fans of the blog.
I wonder who from TSG will be getting a nice cushy job at WVU once Garrison takes office?
UPDATE: I’ve also heard that Garrison has had some help from a former Wise administration official working at D.C. based PR firm Widmeyer Communications. Of course, there’s nothing “wrong” with any of this. But it sure doesn’t seem like the actions of a man who thinks he could get the job on the merits.
May 2, 2007 at 7:41 am
Heh. Nice.
May 2, 2007 at 8:23 am
The venerable Tom Susman is already inside.
May 2, 2007 at 9:19 am
Fucking hell! I just noticed Kay Goodwin signed my diploma. They’re everywhere!
May 2, 2007 at 1:38 pm
HK, this post reminds me of something my sister and I used to do when we were kids. Our mom was always snooping–going through our purses, reading our mail, listening in on phone conversations–so my sister came up with the perfect response: Somewhere in the middle of each new diary entry, she’d write, “Mom, if you’re reading this, you’re a fucking bitch.” What made this so satisfying is that we knew our mom was reading it, but she couldn’t call us on it without admitting she’d been snooping. Beautiful in its simplicity.
May 2, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Heh, I used to do that too, only it was my sister, not my mom.
May 2, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Widmeyer does a lot of work for WVU. Fairly incompetent, our department was nonetheless ordered to continue to use these clowns (Widmeyer) from on high.
Any guess on which faculty member gets promoted to Provost?
January 4, 2008 at 3:34 pm
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July 1, 2008 at 11:35 pm
HK, I know this is a really old post, and I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I was wondering what you thought about Garrison’s comments in his deposition:
BY MR. ROBON:
Q. Did you hire a PR firm to represent you with respect to trying to obtain the position of president of West Virginia University?
A. I did not.
Q. You did not?
A. No, sir.
Q. Did you ask the assistance of a PR firm?
A. I did not.
July 2, 2008 at 1:31 am
I doubt if he had to “hire” anybody.