Earth to U of A (Reprise) »
Sometimes you have to wonder what they are thinking over at the U of A. Some legislators must be scratching their heads. So I think that we are all aware of a $4B state budget deficit. We’re bombarded with messaging from Democrat lawmakers, newspapers, television stations, students, about “devastating” cuts to education funding. Lawmakers are forced with [...]
Earth to U of A…Earth to U of A »
Earth to U of A: if you are going to have President Robert Shelton make the rounds doing the “Republicans hate education” chant: “sadly, we also have legislators in this state who not only fail to grasp the value of a highly-educated, technologically literate citizenry; they actively work to suppress it.” and get your mouthpieces [...]
PR Disaster for Arizona Universities »
Arizona 8th has been keeping an eye on developments around the recent Jay-Z concert at the U of A. Today, the Arizona Daily Star reports that, sadly, the concert posted a net loss of nearly $1M, wiping out the $350K reserves of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and requiring a bailout from [...]
Crying Wolf Over Funding at U of A »
Last time we checked in with Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Tommy “WTF—Where’s the Funding” Bruce, he was telling us that he needed to sell 4500 more tickets to his Jay-Z concert in order to break even. He had sold around 8500 tickets to the concert with a $1M+ break even point. [...]
ECON 101 »
Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Tommy Bruce recently participated in protests of lawmakers at the state Capitol. Lawmakers are grappling with a multi-billion dollar deficit thanks to Napolitano’s blue-sky revenue projections that have not kept pace with her irresponsible spending increases. No matter, according to Bruce, Arizonans and businesses should pay more [...]
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