Lawmakers Urge UT System to Use AG's Office for Probe
Several Texas lawmakers have a message for the University of Texas System: If its regents must "needlessly engage" in a controversial external review of a now-defunct forgivable loan program run by the University of Texas Law School Foundation, they should use the Texas attorney general's office to do it.
As of Monday evening, a letter making that recommendation to Gene Powell, the chairman of UT's board, had been signed by four senators: Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler; Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo; Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo; and Kirk Watson, D-Austin. More are expected to add their names. The lawmakers did not mince words in their letter as they expressed their "deep concerns."
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Regents favoring further investigation cited "fact discrepancies" in Burgdorf's report as reasons for setting his findings aside and starting anew. So far, the system has declined to specify what those fact matters and discrepancies are.
A recent external review commissioned by the system of Dr. Kern Wildenthal, the former president of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, cost roughly $530,00, according to Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa.
Explaining their recommendation for an attorney general's review on Monday, the senators wrote, "As you know, that office is independent, has extensive investigative experience, unique expertise in the field of private foundations and the resources to handle this matter at no additional expense to taxpayers."
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