USF vs State Legislature

[method]

Whatever happened with this... is it a dead issue...

[outrunner]

Are you talking about the budget issue?

Its not dead, just in the grinding wheels of the Tallahassee bureaucracy. There was a minor victory in the Senate last week, and now we wait and see what the House does. The proposal still has to make it past the Governor also.

[method]

Yea i saw they unfroze the 25 million... but that still leaves us in line for the biggest cuts... do hope the house stands up USF.

We really need to make it a point and not let the issue go off the radar... keep it in the eyes of the legislature... they tend to have short attention spans.

[Paisa el Toro]

Also have to see whether the House and Governor will support Alexander's split of Polytechnic from USF. Rumblings from both the House and the Governor seem to support USF's side of things, but as Outrunner has mentioned all this has to grind through state government.

[Oldsmobull]

House and Senate "Leaders" it seems cut a deal or understanding on USF Poly split and funding for universities this morning after a brief stall in Florida budget negotiations between the two chambers. Looks like Senate plan and JD Alexander prevailed. Nothing is final yet though.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/article1217465.ece

[Dogma]

Yea i saw they unfroze the 25 million... but that still leaves us in line for the biggest cuts... do hope the house stands up USF.

We really need to make it a point and not let the issue go off the radar... keep it in the eyes of the legislature... they tend to have short attention spans.

The $25 millon was actually the first retraction.

However since then, $47 million was restored.

So now instead of $79 million (58%) being cut, it will be $45.6 million (26%)

Part of it is $3 million for the School of Pharmacy. It's budget actually required $6 million, but at least the school will survive.

But, in what looks like a compramise, they voted to support JD Alexander's plan to separate Lakeland immediately

The govenor has been quoted as saying he doesnt support JD's immediate separation, and instead what was outlined in the Board of Govenors

But let's see how good to his word he is

The House doesnt look like it supports the independence move either

Their plan is to cut 8.4% across from all universities. Much more fair

In case you missed my previous post/update.

Please read it.. its quite... yeah... eye-opening

http://thebullspen.com/index.php?/topic/83173-budget-compromised-reached/page__p__991214#entry991214

[Oldsmobull]

Dr. Genshaft just got back from visiting the big college accredidation board up in Atlanta today. The legislature is going to look like real idiots if they approve an immediate USF Poly split now.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/02/genshaft-usf-poly-would-be-accredited-more-quickly-under-bog-path.html

[Reliable Source]

Anything to placate red faced Alexander, what a tool.

[smazza]

what a lack of respect

why arent area legislators fighting for usf?

[Old_Bull]

This budget/college splitting problem can be solved very easily. All Judy nees to do is ask Jim Norman to structure a deal with JD. (Jim has experience with deals that appear to be legal).First, ask JD where his wife likes to vacation, second, buy her a house there. He (Jim) must remember a $500,000 house is OK for a County Commissioner, but a Senate This committee chairman may require a more elaborate home.

Seems pretty simple to me.