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Waiting for race card

Waiting for race card

Raymond Burse says Kentucky State University may have to close. Really? Close a land-grant university in Kentucky? The governor proposed a 9 percent reduction in state funding. Is that all the funding KSU gets?

What about the research they do on shrimp and pawpaws? How about all the state employees who take classes? Looks like he needs to tighten his belt or go back into retirement.

As for losing enrollment through kicking out students who didn’t pay their tuition, that logic escapes me. If they are not paying, they are not generating revenue. Or, is there some back-door way of claiming other funds anyway?

Maybe I’m mistaken, but I think Burse is about to play the race card. Everything isn’t about race.

Robert Murphy

Wellington

This story was originally published February 14, 2016 at 7:41 AM with the headline "Waiting for race card."

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