Bor And Stadium - The Reason

[C&S]

I would think that Dr. B., the BOR and the Development Department are waiting for the vote by the Legislature on the increase in the student fee. That vote could happen any time from the beginning of the session to the end of the session. Sometimes it's all in who you know and who knows you. I don't think everyone should be getting excited about a new stadium until the Legislature votes. Politics can be an ugly thing.

[UNTflyer]

And what is going to fund the program after it loses the money that the students are supplying now

Is this a trick question?

[Mean Green 93-98]

I would think that Dr. B., the BOR and the Development Department are waiting for the vote by the Legislature on the increase in the student fee. That vote could happen any time from the beginning of the session to the end of the session. Sometimes it's all in who you know and who knows you. I don't think everyone should be getting excited about a new stadium until the Legislature votes. Politics can be an ugly thing.

I don't see any way the legislature votes it down after it was passed by a student vote.

[stebo]

I don't see any way the legislature votes it down after it was passed by a student vote.

That would essentially be telling the students - No, you cannot tax yourselves. As long as the state doesn't have to pick up the tab, its all good. And the $10 bucks an hour is just a start. 10% a year my good men, until we can fund our program correctly. The only way that the fee could get revoked would be if the SGA were to put that up as a ballot item, get a majority vote to make it an item on the next election, and then even if the students were to somehow "reverse" the fee - the BOR could just say "tough" - because those monies are being used for the athletic dept now. That is like saying that students could (or would) have the ability to vote down the price of tuition, or books, or the Rec Center fee - the Rec Center fee is being used to runthe Rec Center - the students before them voted to pay for it and it is a part of the University now.

[NT80]

I don't see any way the legislature votes it down after it was passed by a student vote.

Would this be a stand-alone voted on item or attached to some other educational bill? I know the Law School failed last session when it got attached to a controversal eminent domain issue.

[GreenAlums]

Would this be a stand-alone voted on item or attached to some other educational bill? I know the Law School failed last session when it got attached to a controversal eminent domain issue.

This is a good point. I find it very dangerous to trust the politicians (mostly those who influence them) enough to think this is easy sailing when it gets to Austin. We have been tricked before!