<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From the Argonaut 7/21/09:</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The total budget for the project {the second phase} so far has been $14 million: $2 million for planning
and design, a $10 million construction bond, and an additional $2 million provided by the Idaho Permanent Building Fund."</span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It doesn't mention private donations.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; "><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">From Pullman Radion News:</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
medium; "><br></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">"</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">the Board of Regents authorized UI to issue $23 million in bonds to replace the East wall of the dome with the same semi-translucent material as the west wall {the third phase}... The Board of Regents also approved a plan to use about $600 thousand in private funding for designing several game day improvements."</span></font></span></font></div></span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height:
18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From the Idaho Statesman 7/01/09:</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
collapse; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The price tag for the second phase is $8 million and athletic director Rob Spear said the fundraising efforts are at about 50 percent."</span></font></span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times,
serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From a blogger on that article:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So if the University of Idaho continues to average a paid attendance of 4,000 fans per game, at an average price of $40 per ticket, it will take them 62.5 years to pay off the $10 million debt. That is, if the note is bearing zero interest."</span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#333333"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The UI bit off more than it can chew with the Kibby Dome.</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york',
times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Taxpayers are now stuck with the bill to at least pay millions of dollars for some of the upkeep of this money pit.</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The UI should have sold it to Pigouts when they had the chance:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2009-April/062608.html</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Garrett Clevenger</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br><br>--- On </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thu, 3/4/10, Donovan Arnold </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com></span></font></i></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> wrote:<br></span></font><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com><br>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] legislative report<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com, ringoshirl@moscow.com, "Garrett Clevenger" <garrettmc@verizon.net><br>Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 3:10 PM<br><br></span></font><div id="yiv1009770771"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Garrett,</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">I use to ask this question all the time when I attended UI. The answer is always the same, "It comes from private donations that are earmarked for certain projects."</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Somebody with a lot of money was talked into spending it on the Kibbie Dome instead of making investments to keep matriculation fees, about 50% of students fees, lower.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">The only thing you can do about it is not give UI your money, and keep voting against incumbants unless you are happy with your government.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Your Friend,</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Donovan Arnold<br><br>--- On </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Thu, 3/4/10, Garrett Clevenger </font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><garrettmc@verizon.net></font></i></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"> wrote:<br></font></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><br>From: Garrett Clevenger <garrettmc@verizon.net><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] legislative report<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com, ringoshirl@moscow.com<br>Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 1:17 AM<br><br></font>
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<td valign="top"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Representative Ringo,
</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Where is the money coming from to renovate the Kibby Dome?
</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">From what I can tell, almost $40 million is being spent to update a facility which has not much to do with higher education academics.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">How come there is money to be spent on a money pit, yet teacher salaries are cut and student fees are on the rise?</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">It's hard to feel sorry for UI's woes since it seems their problem is mismanagement from overpaid public employees. If I have any say I would target these decision makers and demand accountability while cutting their salaries to a more reasonable level.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">It's unfortunate that education has to suffer from lack of funding while reckless spending seems to go on.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">The UI bureaucracy needs some serious reform if you think there will ever be adequate funding for actual education...</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Sincerely,<br><br>Garrett </font><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif">Clevenger</font></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif"><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br></font>
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