An Open Letter to Charlie Crist

Dear Governor Crist,

I was heartened to read that because of Florida’s money troubles that you have proposed to cut funding for UCF’s medical school by 4.7 million dollars. Florida is becoming a poor state, and the last thing we should be doing with our money is giving it to a bunch of power-hungry administrators who will waste a lot of it to produce a few mediocre doctors.

Don’t underestimate the political powers of UCF. Sure, they aren’t very good at educating people, but that’s not what’s important to them. The thing UCF loves is money, and they are very good at bringing home funding for inane causes (e.g., medical school, football stadium, new arena, a hotel college, and a campus in Clermont). In Dan Holsenbeck they have a powerful lobbyist. He is the one who pushed for UCF to hire Senator Evelyn Lynn’s retarded daughter as an assistant vice president. The pilfering David Mealor will still be around for the special session that will deal with these budget issues. Still, I hope you prevail with this one small issue so that I am not completely consumed with cynicism.

Your friend,
Arthur Barnhouse