[Vision2020] Say Whut?

[Tom Hansen]

Thanks, Saundra.

I knew that the quote, as submitted by Schwaller, was horribly 
inaccurate.  I was curious, though, about the complete context of the 
statement by Jim Murphy.

In its entirey the statement does make sense.

Thanks again.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> Hi Tom and Other Curious Visionaries:
> 
> Here's the quote *and* the context:
> "University Budget and Finance Committee member Jim Murphy said the
> hypothetical $20 million figure is the university's way of preparing for 
the
> worst-case scenario.
> 
> "It's like Thanksgiving. It doesn't mean that what you're planning to 
eat is
> what you really will eat," Murphy said.
> 
> He said he doesn't think Daley-Laursen was intentionally trying to scare 
the
> faculty, though fear was the consequence.
> 
> "We need to be a little bit cautious about that conversation," Murphy 
said.
> "Unfortunately some people don't hear all those ifs. They just go to the
> bottom line and say, 'Oh, that's $20 million,' " He said. "And that's 
what
> scares people."
> 
>
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