Saturday, February 27, 2016

The Examiner on The Uni Sales Pitch

Launceston's ratepayers are probably Australia's largest donors per capita to charities given that such a large portion of their rates go to things they themselves get minimal benefits from. You know the non core services.

When the university rocks up looking for a handout from ratepayers they do not exhibit the intelligence they say the Tasmanian population does not have.

Now the Examiner is backing the uni all the way in its attempt to lighten Launcestonians' piggy banks in order to fill their own. Then they want to have a go at the taxpayers next. Anyone would think that its Christmas and its all our money.

But the hardest pill to swallow is the mayor and aldermen being so very very willing to buy a proposition without any evidence that it has as they say ...  "got legs". They have all got egg on their faces right about now but its all their own work.

As a lesson in reality they all need to go on a retreat with their laptops hooked up to Telstra or something and settle down to read the comments about them online. They could well thank their lucky stars that an election is a way off.

If they cannot get the time off this week to do that here are some links for them right now;
  • City-based university a change for the better ... Click Here
  • Uni plan aims to increase student numbers ... Click Here
But do make sure you read all the comments as they are very edifying.

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