[Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho

[Carl Westberg]

I found out yesterday that a friend of mine is among the newly unemployed at 
the U of Idaho.  To read of this is, in a word, disgusting.                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                       Carl Westberg Jr.

>From: DonaldH675 at aol.com
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:36:57 EST
>
>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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