Regarding the current budget situation in Washington: When I served as an administrator at the University of Texas at Arlington, we were required to reduce our budgets on several occasions. The reductions were always from the prior year rather than from anticipated increases.
The first thing I did was establish priorities for the cuts. The No. 1 priority was to always preserve the ability to maintain excellent services for our students. That required that the second priority was to maintain an excellent staff. We did common-sense things like reducing travel, not filling vacant positions, etc.If we look at the current situation in Washington, one can quickly come to the conclusion that the president's first priority is scaring the American people rather than developing ways to continue to provide services to them. He still doesn't seem to understand that he works for us rather than the other way around.Hopefully, he will eventually begin to understand that he is the leader of the United States rather than just the leader of the Democratic Party.-- Wayne Duke, ArlingtonHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
