tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post1797854530174620178..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: UK, UofL presidents protest proposed budget cutsRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-63089348255888695632014-03-10T22:54:34.177-04:002014-03-10T22:54:34.177-04:00UK and UL sports scholarships, multimillion dollar...UK and UL sports scholarships, multimillion dollar coaches, state of the art equipment and facilities, playing on ESPN as universities collect piles of money from alumni and donors<br /><br />KY county athletics, carwashes, extra duty for teachers, front page of KY county bi weekly sports section.<br /><br />Pretty much the same deal with academics. I understand scale issues don't make this a fair comparison but part of the problem is university oversight and leadership. Legislators raid post secondary budgets and as well as public schools, and then they even take HS kids with greatest financial need and rob them of state scholarship funding. Welcome to the new normal - state legislators with less money, less public support and who care less it seems other than trying to get reelected next time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-43663045194989709562014-02-21T19:03:17.465-05:002014-02-21T19:03:17.465-05:00Kind of sad when legislators are blaming universit...Kind of sad when legislators are blaming university presidents for not telling the legislators to do their job and what is best for the state as whole in terms of tax reform. Ironic that legislator wants to imply that university presidents aren't specifically requesting tax reform in order to avoid conflict with alumni when legislators won't do it either for fear of offending their own party doners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com