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http://www.illinoistimes.com/gbase/Gyrosite/Content?oid=oid%3A4116 ... "More than a dozen veterans were interviewed for this story. All shared two reactions: bewilderment at Wilkins apparent failure to realize that he already was a war hero, and utter disgust at the possibility that he may have claimed honors he did not deserve. Those who know him personally expressed profound sadness; those who dont know him had trouble sympathizing with him."... http://www.illinoistimes.com/gbase/Gyrosite/Content?oid=oid%3A4117 At Sangamon State University, which became the University of Illinois at Springfield, Wilkins divided his time between teaching business-management courses and assisting the most powerful people at the university — first as faculty associate to the vice president for academic affairs and later as executive assistant to the school president, a post he held through 1988. University administrators waived the school’s policy requiring a doctorate for tenure and full professorship, granting Wilkins both despite the fact that his highest degree was a master of government. ....... ...... Wilkins’ state connections have been more lucrative. For four years, 1999-2003, he had a $40,000-per-year contract to advise the Secretary of State Police Department, in addition to $35,621 from White’s office in specific grants and contracts on which Wilkins served as project director. Since 1999, he has served as one of three paid members of the state comptroller’s Merit Commission, a panel that decides employment issues for the agency’s nonunion employees. Fundraisers for the scholarship UIS established in Wilkins’ name bring out representatives from all of his power bases. The booklet promoting the scholarship contains glowing letters from U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, former U.S. Sens. Gary Hart of Colorado and Alan Dixon, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Senate President Emil Jones, Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, and Comptroller Dan Hynes.rman, co-chaired a reception at Pasfield House to raise funds for the Wilkins scholarship. In August, Davlin and former Springfield Mayors Hasara, Langfelder, and Houston, along with the mayors of Jerome, Southern View, Chatham, and She ========================================= ..... I don’t think dishonest people
like this should serve to help veterans when their lies have only helped
themselves. Because of his “Silver Star” and “Purple Hearts”
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