Gemz the Squirrel

IT'S OFFICIAL! Today, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution calling for an investigation of the Mills acquisition. Please join us in thanking @ShengForOakland and Vice Mayor @Kaplan4Oakland for this major step toward justice and truth.

We squirrels always keep our eyes on the ball. #InvestigateMills

This is what we call getting into "good trouble."

Squirrels are the BEST.

@Squirrel4Truth!!! We can do the thing!

@CaseyBrienza Thanks for your support, Casey!💕🙏 No financial evidence was provided while the Mills President gave $1+ BILLION in assets away in a "self" deal. We need to save all 33 remaining HWCs. We hope our sibs will stand with us in calling for an investigation. investigatemills.com

As a women's college alum myself (Mount Holyoke College undergrad...and yep, I'm aware of the historical connection to Mills!), my heart goes out to the Mills alums who opposed this deal.

This is our chipmunk cousin, Doris, who hails from @mtholyoke! We love our @mywomenscollege extended family! We're stretching to get ready for the investigation of the Mills acquisition. We still have work to do and we're just getting started.

Within weeks of the announcement that Mills was closing, Gov Gavin Newsom appointed Rob Bonta as the new Attorney General of California. Bonta had received a paycheck from Mills within months of being appointed to oversee its acquisition.

In 2021, 70% of Mills College faculty voted "no confidence" in its president, board of trustees, and administration. They called for a total restructuring. 16 months later, Mills' $multi BILLION$ in assets and was "sold" to Northeastern for a $35 application fee to the @massago.

Friends since the 1990s, Hillman had hired Bonta to be a paid faculty member at Mills. Decades earlier, Hillman had introduced Bonta to his wife, Mia. Mia would be elected to fill her husband's vacant seat on the CA state legislature 6 months after he was appointed AG.

Showdown between reform and tough-on-crime policies in California attorney general's race. Who is the toughest on white-collar crime, like self-dealing, though? latimes.com/california/sto…

What does self dealing, no oversight, and potential corruption look like? 👆👆👆👆👆It looks like this.

Bonta, who publicly claimed that he it was likely he'd recuse from the deal, did not recuse. Instead, he signed a letter stating that he had "no objections" to Northeastern acquiring Mills (for $0). Bonta's 1-page letter contained Northeastern's carefully crafted PR points.

Mills College squirrels are the most special. There are about 26,000 Mills squirrels in our network. FUN SQUIRREL FACT: According to Euclid Library, a group of squirrels is called a "scurry" or a "dray."