Dear Editor: When dealing with known quantities like Rep. Steve Nass and the rest, the UW has to be smart enough not to throw them a fat one right over the middle. There is no way to rationalize growing a huge reserve (which UW has never done before) when you are claiming severe budget hardship. It begs all credibility and plays right into their well-known hateful hands. I do not blame the haters for doing what they do. That?s like blaming a wolf for killing sheep. But the UW HAS to be smarter and not make themselves such a fat and easy target. I also think students who paid all that tuition and got nothing in return have been abused, as have the faculty and staff who have been told no money is available. It was available and the UW lied to everyone by omission or commission.
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