University Corruption
Dr. Burton was unfairly fired.
Let's make sure it doesn't happen to someone else.
Dr. Burton was a tenured professor at UW Platteville, and is a mother of two young ladies who graduated from the UW System. One of her female students brought to her attention an act that appeared to be sexual harassment by a male professor. Burton brought the matter to the attention of then Dean Elizabeth Throop. Then she received retaliation. She filed a grievance regarding the retaliation and her grievance was heard by a proper grievance committee. The committee found in Burton's favor, but their findings were "changed" by the UW System attorney Jennifer Sloan Lattis without input from Dr. Burton.
Dr. Burton filed more grievances but she was never given another proper hearing. Instead, Chancellor Shields initiated terribly unfair and illegal dismissal proceedings in violation of policy, state law, and federal laws. Burton alleges felony forgery and perjury against her. Read the timeline for specifics.
We are petitioning the Faculty Senate of UW Platteville to conduct an investigation into the failure of the former Chancellor, Dennis J. Shields' processing of Dr. Burton's grievances and appeal. Their findings should lead to Dr. Burton's reinstatement.
As a symbolic gesture we are petitioning to get the last word of the UW Platteville Alma Mater changed from Loyalty to Integrity.
Ever Wonder why so many girls get raped in college?
This story shows how UW Platteville, led by Chancellor Dennis J. Shields, covered up a case of sexual harassment by harassing and firing Dr. Burton on trumped up charges. He refused to follow the laws and policies pertaining to the matter. Let's fix this problem together.
Petition 1
UW Platteville faculty senate reviews the appeal hearing process that led to Dr. Burton's dismissal to determine whether any rules were violated by the administration. If they find the rules were broken they send a recommendation to the Board of Regents requesting that Dr. Burton receive an apology and be reinstated to her position, with back pay.
Petition 2
Get the last word of the UW Platteville Alma Mater changed from "loyalty" to "integrity." This will help bring awareness to corruption and demonstrate that citizens, students, and faculty want administration officials to value truth over loyalty to corrupt officials.
Objective 3
After getting a new appeal hearing we plan to bring their findings to the Board of Regents and ask them to reverse the decision to fire Dr. Burton. Help us get Dr. Burton back in a classroom where she belongs.
Objective 4
We want to help re-invigorate a teacher's union for the UW System. Employees need it.
Why are we doing this?
The current state of government in America warrants resistance, not only to high level politicians, but also to lower level authorities. Let's identify liars and get them out of every level of politics, starting with the schools that shape the minds of our youth.
Why are we doing this?
This is a simple way to stare down corruption. Punch up! Make them blink at lower levels and push the momentum to higher levels. We fought this battle alone, while observers were afraid to stand up for us. They were afraid of losing their jobs. For good reason. Chancellor Dennis J. Shields addressed sexual harassment by harassing and firing a whistleblower, Dr. Burton.
Why Are We Doing this?
We spent over a half million dollars of our personal nest egg to battle this in court. We took our first lawsuit to the US Supreme Court, but they did not review it. The establishment tries to keep dissenters isolated and bleed them of their resources, sanity, and health. We know of two other women who were abused this way and both of their husbands died due to the stress.
The link in this header shows a response by Chancellor Shields demonstrating how intimidation and vague assertions of propriety are used to silence dissent.
Why are we doing this?
Initially, we fought because we wanted to protect young women in colleges from sexual harassment and rape. But our efforts uncovered severe corruption. This corruption is what fuels not only rape, but wealth inequality, racism, fascism, and all manner of other isms. It destroyed the environment at Chernobyl. It will destroy the entire world if we do nothing.
You can see the story and all our evidence by reading through our Public Timeline.
This timeline contains hyperlinks to evidence we collected to prove each statement. There are a number of broken links currently. I will try to fix them as time goes on. If there is a document you would like to see – let me know and I’ll try to get it to you.
Read through it and feel free to comment or ask questions. I will do my best to respond.
Roger Burton, Dr. Burton’s husband, built this website and the timelines.
Dr. Roter, former chancellor of UW Whitewater, conducted the investigation into the false allegations against Dr. Burton. Dr. Burton tried to asked for Dr. Roter to sign the investigation report to prove she wrote it, but Roter had vanished. We asked that Roter come to the appeal hearing so we could demonstrate the fallacy of the report, but Dr. Roter never showed up. Probably never got the request. We were not given any opportunity to show that the report was not written by Dr. Roter. If it was written by her then she committed a grave injustice. Much more likely, we contend that Chancellor Shields forged the investigation report. Go to the Public Timeline and search for “Roter” to get the story. Listen to the audio of the investigation meeting and compare it to the investigation report.
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(RoterInvestigationReport-3-4-17) Keep in mind that we allege that this report was not written by Dr. Roter, but that Chancellor Shields altered Roter’s original report to make it look like Burton was a problem. This is an allegation of felony forgery. We know it is serious. Please comment below about what you believe.
If anyone knows where Dr. Roter is please put us in contact with her. Maybe we can set the record straight with a simple discussion. I fear it may take public outcry to effect change, however. Still, I would like to talk to Dr. Roter to see if she will cooperate.