ScottyBuff
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Governor proposes study of Colo. higher education
There is the political motive for not buying out Hawkins this year.
The "perception among voters" is ALL that matters. Another $3 million buyout could have been the reason this proposed bill would have been defeated. And before you post that it was donor money not tax payer money, of course that would be true, but the energy and time it would take to try and convince the millions of Colorado voters of that would be monumental, so they decided to avoid a backlash from voters, and other politicians, and deal with the backlash from fans and alumni.
So not only are we stuck with Hawkins, but most likely there will be a tax increase proposed in Colorado to fund the public university system.
Possible solutions include a ballot measure asking voters for a tax increase to fund higher education, a study of efficiency and performance, and giving the Colorado Commission on Higher Education more power to set tuition and eliminate duplicate courses.
Ritter is being forced by state law to cut $560 million from this fiscal year's budget, which ends June 30. Over this fiscal year and the next, lawmakers will see the state General Fund budget slashed from $7.5 billion to $6.2 billion, with higher education funding one of the few budget items not protected by the state constitution.
Monfort said a tax increase could be a tough sell because of the perception among voters that university administration and faculty haven't made their share of sacrifices in a slumping economy.
\"To achieve that, we have to be realistic and deliberate in how we direct our current low funding levels. We also need to look for new revenue streams to sustain our colleges and universities,\" Bruce Benson said.
There is the political motive for not buying out Hawkins this year.
The "perception among voters" is ALL that matters. Another $3 million buyout could have been the reason this proposed bill would have been defeated. And before you post that it was donor money not tax payer money, of course that would be true, but the energy and time it would take to try and convince the millions of Colorado voters of that would be monumental, so they decided to avoid a backlash from voters, and other politicians, and deal with the backlash from fans and alumni.
So not only are we stuck with Hawkins, but most likely there will be a tax increase proposed in Colorado to fund the public university system.
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