[Vision2020] Turf

[hayfields at moscow.com]

Pardon me Ron, 
Although I hate to quote the Argonaut, the Tuesday, March 29th edition 
quotes Tom McGann (Kibbie Dome Manager) as stating  the money would come 
from the Kibbie Dome Turf Replacement fund.   Mr. McGann also proposed a 
$5 fee increase to reestablish the Outdoor Recreation and Athletic Field 
fund, which the ASUI turned down.  Mr. McGann stated theat "he recently 
discovered that the Dome management had $1.4 million in the Kibbie Turf 
Replacement fund.  And here is what I consider the kicker.  "$200,000 is 
transferred into the fund annually from debt reserves, which are funds 
set up as a safety net to campus budgets".  Right- which budgets?  The 
article goes on to state further that as the indoor turf will not need to 
be replaced for at least 5 years (by which time the fund will have 
swelled to $1 million with the annually replaced money)they 
felt"comfortable" allowing the project to go forward.  And that includes 
the wrought iron gates! So if you can dedicate debt reserve money to a 
project, clearly you can "undedicate it" . If the fund currently has 
enough money to replace the INDOOR turf (the project that it was 
originally intended for) why not move that 1.4 million into getting the 
trash emptied and not slapping dedicated workers in the face?

The beacon of the north is slowly being extinguished for the sake of the 
neon lights of athletic glory.

Heather Jordan 
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