[Vision2020] Budget Reductions

[Donovan Arnold]

Ron, Tom, and Wayne,

I think we have to all look at the big picture here. While Ron is correct 
about the dedication of fees, Ron how do you think morale is affected on 
campus by putting down a new turf as we slash jobs while saying "There is no 
money to pay you.”? This is probably not the YEAR to do that. What ever 
gains were made by getting some students to come to UI because we have a new 
turf were lost because quality employees do not like to work at universities 
that spit in their face.

Second, I think the community has been lied too as well. The Administration 
said they were going to cut $2,000,000 from administration. They did not. 
The $109,000 they are cutting is obviously coming from the $110,000 position 
previously held by Wayland Winstead. Instead of making the cuts, they are 
passing them almost entirely to the Facilities Department. Why cut unneeded 
upgrades to your computer that you do not even know to use when you can 
destroy the life and family of a custodian instead, right?

What is also frustrating is that the students paid about $3 million to help 
fund construction of the new Facilities Building and now it is not going to 
even be used to the extend that it should. Perhaps we can move the 
Administration out to that building and use the Administration Building for 
more classroom space.

People should be insulted by the behavior of the University. The 
Administration's decision to use a "Who will get voted off the department?" 
approach by forcing the departments to pick the person to eliminate leaves 
lasting resentments and destroys personal relationships.

Also, please notice how all the blame for all the controversial decisions 
was placed on Jay Kenton, who is conveniently gone to a better job elsewhere 
(OSU), as though all the other Administrators were oblivious and responsible 
as to what was going on? Do they think we are that stupid? They must.

The blame for lack of funding for the University falls on three groups. The 
Hoover Administration, that created massive debt by overextending the 
obligations of the University and misleading the public. The State 
Legislature, that is unwilling to raise revenue and allocate funding for 
education. And the Idaho Taxpayer, that is too stingy to pay up and fund 
education. The way that the cuts are being handled is mostly the 
responsibility of the current Administration. Blaming all of it on Jay 
Kenton is a cowardice copout.

My sympathies are with the Facilities Management employees that are awesome 
workers that have done a great deal with the little that they have been 
given. They were given the shaft by the current Administration.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold





>From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Budget Reductions
>Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:19:57 -0800
>
>Tom, et al,
>
>I must be losing my memory in my advanced age.  I thought in the 
>discussions of budget reductions upper management was to take a big hit.
>
>Looking at the last table in the document URLed below, I fail to see much 
>reduction, if any, in this area.
>
>
>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
>deco at moscow.com
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:38 PM
>Subject: [Vision2020] Budget Reductions
>
>
>>This letter was just received from Jay Kenton, Vice President of Finance 
>>and
>>Administration:
>>
>>
>>PDF Format:
>>http://www.tomandrodna.com/UI_Reductions/reduction_notice.pdf
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>>JPG Format:
>>http://www.tomandrodna.com/UI_Reductions/reduction_notice_Page_1.jpg
>>http://www.tomandrodna.com/UI_Reductions/reduction_notice_Page_2.jpg
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>>MS Word Format:
>>http://www.tomandrodna.com/UI_Reductions/reduction_notice.doc
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>>
>>Tom Hansen
>>Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>"What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that 
>>they
>>are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say
>>about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
>>
>>-- Robert F. Kennedy
>>
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