Mayor Johnson Should Also Be Held Accountable
As recently reported in the El Paso Times, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, has once again called for accountability for UTEP President Heather Wilson after a federal investigation into a cancelled National Science Foundation grant concluded that “no apparent wrongdoing” had occurred in the preparation of the grant proposal. The grant was initially suspended…
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