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Thor

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                                  "The Three Myths that Won't Die"
                                             by Thor, by golly
 
As another thread has pointed out there is a myth that the reorganization was bold and innovative and a source of great savings. The second major myth about the current administration is that external funding has greatly increased. An analysis in an earlier thread demonstrated that real, after inflation growth in this area has been about 2% a year. This figure is well below the growth rate under the Fleming administration. The third myth is that the administration has presided over a period of great enrollment growth. As a Faculty Senate analysis has shown, university wide growth of FTE enrollment has been about 1/2% a year. Because of on line and off campus courses, headcount has grown while full time residential enrollment in Hattiesburg seems to be stable or in decline. One has to wonder if the IHL and the business boosters will ever get the picture.
 
 

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Invictus

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Originally posted by: Thor
"One has to wonder if the IHL and the business boosters will ever get the picture."


I don't think it's a matter of if they will ever get the picture. I don't think they want to get the picture.

Just my , of course...

...but the local "bidness leaders" aren't really that concerned with how well USM is actually managed. What they're concerned with is no-bid contracts, restructuring that spins "outsourced" money their way & of course, maintaining an "old Hattiesburg" status quo.

And the real Thames boosters on the IHL board aren't interested in USM being managed well, either. They are mainly interested in USM ceasing to be a "challenge" to MSU.

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USM Sympathizer

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Invictus,


It would be helpful if we could put on the board some documentation of the no-bid contracts, since Shelby supporters always claim that his contracts go to the lowest bidders.  Is there any way to document that no bid contracts are issued, and to WHOM they are issued? 


 



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Robert Campbell

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The Paving Company putschists don't care about the facts, and some members of the IHL Board may actually prefer disappointing or negative outcomes, but the newspapers and TV stations have at least some interest in getting their facts straight.

Robert Campbell

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Robert Evans

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Robert,


Any word yet from the CL about your letter?  I have heard nothing from them so far about mine.



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Robert Campbell

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Robert,

I haven't heard from the C-L yet.

Robert Campbell

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Digger O'Dell

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Originally posted by: USM Sympathizer
"It would be helpful if we could put on the board some documentation of the no-bid contracts, since Shelby supporters always claim that his contracts go to the lowest bidders.  Is there any way to document that no bid contracts are issued, and to WHOM they are issued?   "
Shouldn't this be public information? Somebody must know how to go about obtaining it.

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Ray Folse

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"Robert, I haven't heard from the C-L yet. Robert Campbell"
Same here.

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JoJO

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Ignorance is abundant on this Board.  Give one example of a no bid contract in excess of the State minimum.  The is bulls**t.

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Troll Zapper

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"Ignorance is abundant on this Board.  Give one example of a no bid contract in excess of the State minimum.  The is bulls**t."
STOP! STOP! DON'T RESPOND TO THIS TROLL. HE WILL GO BACK TO HIS 10X10 CAGE. THIS TROLL CAN'T SPELL AND HE USES PROFANITY. IT MAY BE HARD TO DO, BUT PLEASE IGNORE HIM.

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Fair Play

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"STOP! STOP! DON'T RESPOND TO THIS TROLL. HE WILL GO BACK TO HIS 10X10 CAGE. THIS TROLL CAN'T SPELL AND HE USES PROFANITY. IT MAY BE HARD TO DO, BUT PLEASE IGNORE HIM."
Troll Zapper - Yes, JoJo the Troll should be boycotted from the board - not by the webmaster but by we posters. But it will require the cooperation of all posters in order for the boycott to be effective.

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Prediction

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Originally posted by: Fair Play
"Troll Zapper - Yes, JoJo the Troll should be boycotted from the board - not by the webmaster but by we posters. But it will require the cooperation of all posters in order for the boycott to be effective."

I bet JoJo will break the boycott by responding to his own post under another name. The troll will be trolling himself.



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Watergate

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" I bet JoJo will break the boycott by responding to his own post under another name. The troll will be trolling himself."
But that would be wrong. As well as nasty.

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JoJO

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I guess no one has any "non low bid " true stories.  I guess this is all "pot smoke."  I called you out and you have no truths.  AAUP is full of s***.

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donald

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Fleming told a few that he saw the hand of MSU and OLD miss in his ouster. They did not want "Southern" on the coast. Too much growth, too aggressive, too threatening to the status quo. We lost a great opportunity to rally around all that. Ah, if we could only revisit that time!

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You can't go home again

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"Fleming told a few that he saw the hand of MSU and OLD miss in his ouster. They did not want "Southern" on the coast. Too much growth, too aggressive, too threatening to the status quo. We lost a great opportunity to rally around all that. Ah, if we could only revisit that time!"
I second that.

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Jameela Lares

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Isn't this a matter of filing freedom of information requests?  JL

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File 13

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"Isn't this a matter of filing freedom of information requests?  JL"
Does USM take FOI requests seriously?

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Answer Woman

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"Does USM take FOI requests seriously?"


Not even if your wife is a rich lawyer.

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