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Insanity reigns (“University of Hawaii’s new golf facility driven by academics,” Star-Advertiser, Ferd’s Words, June 9).
$500,000 for a “golf facility”? When the need for repair and maintenance of classrooms and more is in the multimillions? Is anyone awake, at the University of Hawaii and elsewhere?
It’s bad enough that essential buildings are neglected, worse that fewer and fewer students can afford education — remember that concept? And we’re going to spend hard-to-come-by funds on golf?
Oh, well. Our highest-paid public employees are coaches. The athletics budget is $35 million (at least), including millions for transportation. And not just for our teams to travel to the mainland, but to pay for mainland teams to come here!
It’s long past time that our officials — if not at UH, then in the Legislature — ask the hard questions and take the smart actions.
Tom Tizard
Kailua
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