[Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho

[Kit Craine]

What’s worse is that (according to the Daily News) the new financial VP 
will be paid $20,000 per MONTH. That’s $240,000 per year to the person 
who decides other employees—many of whom do not make $20,000 per 
year—will be fired.

Kit Craine

On Mar 29, 2005, at 4:36 PM, DonaldH675 at aol.com wrote:

>
> Visionaries,
>  
> This is a difficult day for many people at the University of 
> Idaho.  Many loyal employees who have endured years without pay 
> raises, decreasing medical benefits. and increased work loads are 
> receiving pink slips.  I am outraged that these people are being made 
> to pay the price for the greedy senior administrative architects of an 
> self-aggrandizing scheme to expand the University's power base.  The 
> villains in this piece remain free and apparently will not be held 
> accountable for their crimes - a literally nauseating example of the 
> Old Boys Network protecting its own.   But that's not the worst of 
> it.  In last night's Daily News in the public news section I noted the 
> following request for bid: (edited for brevity)
>  
> ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Page 2 of 2
> A4B_ArtifTurfProj
> DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This project consists of site preparation for the 
> installation of approximately 104,500 S.F. of Tufted Infill Synthetic 
> Turf. Two Filled Artificial Turf Multi-Use Fields are scheduled for 
> construction at the University of Idaho during the spring and summer 
> of 2005, with completion of infill synthetic turf installation by July 
> 30, 2005 (under separate contract). The successful bidder will be 
> responsible for coordination of installation of the turf as well as 
> construction of the field base, sub-drainage system, turf edging, 
> anchoring and other construction details as required by the turf 
> manufacturer. Periodic inspection and acceptance of work by the turf 
> vendor is required during preparation for the turf system
> installation as deemed necessary by the turf manufacturer.
> Generally, the earthwork for the fields will include stripping and 
> exporting the top 4” of sod and topsoil from the field area and 
> additional excavation of approximately 6” of existing sub-grade. The 
> prepared base will
> consist of compacted sub-grade, sub drain system, a geotextile fabric, 
> 4” of compacted ¾ minus rock with 2” of compacted ¼” minus rock 
> leveling course for preparation of the infill product to be provided 
> and installed
> by others. Electrical work includes field lighting, consisting of 
> eight (8) galvanized 50-foot round tapered steel poles with flood 
> lighting and associated electrical control. Other ancillary 
> improvements to the fields include a 14’ x 24’ concrete block storage 
> building, chain link and
> wrought iron style fencing, brick gate pilasters w/precast caps and 
> wrought iron style gates, concrete flat work, concrete pavers, new 
> goal posts, concrete steps and handrails, landscaping and irrigation.
> ESTIMATED COST: $640,000.00.
> Signed by:
> Jay Kenton, Vice President Finance and Administration
> UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO"
>  
> What kind of priorities have been established at the University of 
> Idaho that endorse saving money by laying off employees and cutting 
> academic programs while concurrently spending $640,000 on two outdoor 
> practice fields with wrought iron fencing and gates.  Something is 
> sadly awry at UI - where turf gets laid and employees get screwed. 
>  Rose Huskey
>  
>  
>  
> "One cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. 
> There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the 
> difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything." 
> Daniel Berrigan
>
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