The chancellor for the University of Alaska Fairbanks took to Twitter with a 30-second video to encourage students, faculty and university supporters to rally in opposition to budget cuts. In other words, this was a pro-tax rally disguised as an anti-budget-cut rally. About 200 people attended. None of them said where they think the money should come from.
White’s salary is over $300,000 a year, plus a benefit package.
When a school administrator is publicizing a student-led rally against budget cuts, is it really truly student-led at that point? Someone from the 1960s was just wondering.
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Suzanne Downing founded Must Read Alaska and served as its editor for many years. Her prolific writing spans nearly every topic meaningful to Alaskans. Before founding Must Read Alaska, she served as editor of the Juneau Empire and as a speechwriter for Governor Sean Parnell.
