Boise State And Mormon Conspiracies

The truth is rarely simple. People round off reality to fit familiar stereotypes.

I worked at Boise State from 1991 to 1997 and was happy with grant projects in Denver when my manager (a Mormon) offered me his job, so I moved back to Boise. But his real reason was a sudden rash of technical problems and a new employee. I was the solution.

I knew Carlson was psycho the minute we met. He kept typing for awhile, turned to me, flashed a deeply angry smile and hissed, "How's it going?" and turned back to typing, ignoring me.

I was in quiet shock.

Eventually I realized he was a saboteur. If somebody pissed him off, their computer went dead. Or their data disappeared. He privately admitted he was forcing the University to buy new equipment. And foolish me kept reporting incidents, expecting him to be fired.

But I was ignored. Week after week. Month after month. I couldn't figure it out. I eventually quit, hired a private detective who yielded nothing so I dropped the lawsuit idea.

I made a pile of money two years later with my Saleslogix stock options and hired a 2nd detective. $2000 buys a LOT of information - birth records, prior addresses, credit history, military records, relatives, their addresses (that's a story in itself), etc.

And then...

It all made sense.

The first detective I'd hired was a Mormon. And he did contract work for the University, mostly Mormon. The birth records and Mormon genealogy charts were my answer. My saboteur was an illegitimate, direct descendant of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church.

His military records showed a new duty station annually for twelve years. A normal airman might change duty stations every three or four years but Carlson was a hot potato that got tossed every year.

His discharge at NAS Miramar is obscured and then the Mormon church moved him to Utah for a year. Then to my world in Boise. A co-worker wanted my position and asked why I quit. He only lasted a month and when I asked what happened, he just said, "you were right". Eventually the Church moved Carlson to a Mormon owned bank where he got into my bank accounts, and then shuffled him off to Seattle.

Just like the Catholic church moves pedophiles to new congregations to erase their history. I lost about $60K in expenses, lost wages, etc. Today I got a job inquiry from the Mormon church, most likely because I'm a BSU graduate. I wrote this story up as it's the reason I left Boise and will never go back.

For many years I was angry at Carlson but eventually resigned myself to his mental illness. The real blame lies with Mormon management at BSU and their conspiracy to protect their prophetic progeny.