[Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
Chris Storhok
cstorhok at co.fairbanks.ak.us
Wed Mar 30 10:37:00 PST 2005
I still am sickened by how university supporters and employees blame the UI
(and athletics) for the budget woes; the real blame falls on the governor,
the state board of education, and a legislature that despises public
education at all levels.
Chris Storhok (UI 88, 91)
-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Carl Westberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:39 AM
To: DonaldH675 at aol.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
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 4âEUR of sod and topsoil from the field area and additional
>excavation
>of approximately 6âEUR of existing sub-grade. The prepared base will
>consist of compacted sub-grade, sub drain system, a geotextile fabric,
>4âEUR of
>compacted ¾ minus rock with 2âEUR of compacted ¼âEUR 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
>âEUR(tm) x 24âEUR(tm) 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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