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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Mo,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I don’t believe that I have any particular ax to grind
with regard to, or against, any particular college. I KNOW there is good work
being done at the university, much of it by people who have a lot more to do
than they used to because there are fewer people amongst which to share the
load. With regards to particular administrators I suspect any one has as many
admirers as detractors, so I certainly don’t feel that I’m in a
position to advocate the removal of a particular person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I think the frustration, that I share with many of my friends
amongst the faculty and staff, is that while academic departments are being
forced to do more with less, the central administration is not sharing the
pain. If anything, there are MORE central administrators at a time when there
are fewer people, and programs, to administer. The standard joke around our
house is that, at the rate funds are being cut, pretty soon all the courses
will be taught by video with the faculty at some far-away location, and all
that will be left is a football team, a basketball team and, of course, the
central administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My memory for particular cut-back periods is not good, so I can’t
name a date, but 5-6 (?) years ago the university was again faced with a budget
shortfall. By some quirk of planning the central administration was lumped in
with facilities for cost-savings. Facilities was decimated by cuts, but not a
single administrator lost his job. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Do I want to see intercollegiate football, or basketball, or
track & field, cut? Not especially, though I’ve not been to a game in
the dome in decades. Not being a fan doesn’t mean that I don’t see
the value of athletics in a well-rounded academic environment. But I do want to
see the pain shared, and I don’t see it being shared in an equitable way.
It seems like academic programs are being eviscerated, and athletics and the
central administration are getting a free ride. Or so it seems to me. I don’t
want to see any particular ox being gored, but if there’s going to be
some gore-ing done, I think it only fair that all units of the university lose
some of their life’s blood.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>John Pool <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Mo Hendrickson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 23, 2010 11:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> lfalen@turbonet.com; thansen@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Raise Our Taxes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"This
is provided that they first cut out the fat at the top. At the UI that means
Baker, Mues and Daly-Laursen. " <br>
<br>
So Roger, you would cut these three people. SO you get rid of them, do you
think the university could function without a VP of Finance and a
Provost? Do you know what the expense is for running executive searches?
Two of the three positions would be refilled, probably at a higher salary line,
due to market salary increases. Yes I think that administrators make a
lot more than anyone should get paid, but at the same time that is the way the
system is set up. It is not unique to UI. So your idea to save money
would probably end up costing the university MORE money. <br>
<br>
I know that you have ties to the College of Ag, and yes they are in a
particularly tough place financially. But the whole of the UI is hurting.
Your ideas seem to have a trend towards take from somewhere else and fix Ag,
well when you take from somewhere that has nothing you end up hurting that
department or college. Offices across campus are one deep, everyone is doing
more and not getting paid for the extra duties. It is time to be creative
about how to raise monies, to recruit students, and create a sustainable
working environment. That will not happen if we are all so focused on our own
special interest. <br>
<br>
I think there are some folks on this list with such animosity towards UI that
they refuse to see any good and only find the negative. From where I sit,
there are wonderful, fabulous, and amazing things happening at this university
at ALL levels top to bottom, that some folks just don't see. Yes money is
tight and things suck in a lot of departments and colleges, try and find some
positive in all of this. Living in the negative is a miserable way to
live. But hey that's your choice.<br>
<br>
-Mo<br>
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> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:22:13 -0700<br>
> From: lfalen@turbonet.com<br>
> To: thansen@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Raise Our Taxes<br>
> <br>
> I do not think it would be wise to raise the income tax or to increase
taxes on savings of any kind. I would not be that opposed to a 0.5% increase in
state sales taxes if it would go toward saving jobs in higher ed. This is
provided that they first cut out the fat at the top. At the UI that means
Baker, Mues and Daly-Laursen. There are also several former Department Heads
that only took a 15% decrease when they stepped down. The former head of AVS
teaches only one class and advises students, but is paid more than the other
AVS professors. What a waste of funds. The Kibbie Dome update was billed as
required because of safety issues an paid for by doners. That is what Nellis
says about the SBOE approved update of The Jensen engineering Building. I don't
believe it. The staff people in the College of Ag will have to have half their
salary provided by their PI. If the PI can not come up with the funds they will
be placed on half time.Just who can afford to work half time. A!<br>
> ny of the<br>
> above cuts would save a lot of staff jobs. There is no need for
administrators if there arn't enough staff people to to run the programs. The
students are also hurt when these programs are not adequately staffed.<br>
> Roger<br>
> -----Original message-----<br>
> From: "Tom Hansen" thansen@moscow.com<br>
> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:23:51 -0700<br>
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" vision2020@moscow.com<br>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Raise Our Taxes<br>
> <br>
> > Courtesy of the Illinois Issues Blog at:<br>
> > <br>
> > http://illinoisissuesblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/raise-our-taxes.html<br>
> > <br>
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> > <br>
> > Wednesday, April 21, 2010<br>
> > "Raise our taxes"<br>
> > By Jamey Dunn and Rachel Wells<br>
> > <br>
> > Citizens advocating for an income tax increase to avoid deep cuts to
the<br>
> > state budget packed the Illinois Capitol today for one of the largest<br>
> > rallies in recent history.<br>
> > <br>
> > The secretary of state’s office estimated that 12,000 people
participated<br>
> > in the march and 15,000 total were in the Capitol complex as part of
the<br>
> > rally.<br>
> > <br>
> > With chants of “We’ll remember in November” and
“Save our schools. Save<br>
> > our state,” protesters marched around the Statehouse and then
filled the<br>
> > halls. They came to advocate for education and social services, such
as<br>
> > mental health care, addiction counseling and in-home care for the
elderly.<br>
> > <br>
> > “We have tens of thousands of people whose well-being is at
stake if this<br>
> > state does not act. So I’m here to advocate for responsible
decisions, a<br>
> > tax increase to support social services in this state, and I’m
happy to<br>
> > join these thousands and thousands of people who have come out here
to do<br>
> > this,” said Rev. Bob Rasmus, board member for Lutheran Social
Services and<br>
> > a pastor in Urbana.<br>
> > <br>
> > Jo Ann Woods-Payne from ABJ Community Services on the southeast side
of<br>
> > Chicago said she came out today to support HB 174 so her organization
can<br>
> > continue to provide programs such as foster care, job training for
public<br>
> > aid recipients and a clothing and food pantry. She said the state is<br>
> > behind on its payments to ABJ for the social services it offers in
the<br>
> > community.<br>
> > <br>
> > “We feel possibly that the income tax needs to be raised if
that’s what<br>
> > it’s going to take to help keep those programs open for our
clients,” she<br>
> > said.<br>
> > <br>
> > “We have to have a balanced budget, and we passed an income tax
over in<br>
> > the Senate, which is now in the House, which provides $4.3 billion.
So we<br>
> > hope that they would take a second look,” Senate President John
Cullerton<br>
> > said of HB 174. “We passed the bill. And that’s the
solution to a lot of<br>
> > our problems.”<br>
> > <br>
> > However, Republicans in both chambers do not seem any closer to
supporting<br>
> > a tax increase.<br>
> > <br>
> > “I like having [the rally participants] come here because there
is not<br>
> > better way for me to explain my position on what’s going in
this building<br>
> > and the way I think this state works its way out of its fiscal mess
than<br>
> > to talk one-on-one individually with those people,” said Sen.
Dale<br>
> > Righter, a Mattoon Republican.<br>
> > <br>
> > Righter said many of his constituents were at the rally but the
message of<br>
> > chants such as “Raise our taxes” did not echo the
opinions of the majority<br>
> > of the people he represents. “I don’t know that that kind
of theater is<br>
> > necessarily representative of most the people in my district.”<br>
> > <br>
> > Righter voted against HB 174 last year and said he will not consider
a tax<br>
> > increase until there are cuts and reforms to Medicaid, which he says
is<br>
> > growing in an unsustainable way.<br>
> > <br>
> > “If you don’t fix those two things first …
it’s all but a guarantee [that]<br>
> > a tax increase comes, you layer a whole bunch, billions of dollars of
new<br>
> > taxpayer money, on top of what’s happening here and then it all
seeps<br>
> > through the cracks that they’ve created in the last eight years
and then …<br>
> > we start over in a couple years.”<br>
> > <br>
> > Righter said that he doesn’t think the rally will change the
minds of many<br>
> > legislators who are opposed to a tax increase. He also doesn't think<br>
> > Democrats are willing to take the political risk to pass a tax
increase<br>
> > before the November general elections.<br>
> > <br>
> > -----------------------<br>
> > <br>
> > Photos from the rally . . .<br>
> > <br>
> >
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dYUVdJZjJNw/S893i7auZRI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/nN-JsalFWeA/s1600/rallyshot1.jpg<br>
> > <br>
> >
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dYUVdJZjJNw/S893zqyGl4I/AAAAAAAAAMY/JTHlLfmJtV4/s320/rallyroof.jpg<br>
> > <br>
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> > <br>
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>
> > <br>
> > Tom Hansen<br>
> > Moscow, Idaho<br>
> > <br>
> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it
to change<br>
> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>
> > <br>
> > - Unknown<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
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