Problems with LSU Board of Supervisors, changes needed

Are you sure you want a load of people who didn't finish high school electing the state's flagship university BOS?

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Are you sure you want a load of people who didn't finish high school electing the state's flagship university BOS?

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Pick your poison between that and JBE political appointments. I'll gamble though. System is broken and time for a change. So yes. Give me my dose of uneducated voters (along with all the other voters) over governor kickbacks and him exerting control of LSU decisions.

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It's total BS that the LSU BOS are hand picked by the governor. I looked at their bios and some of these people didn't even go to LSU. Do they really have the university's best interests at heart, or just purely flunkies serving political agendas? Some could probably give a shite less about LSU. Curious how much $ some of these "appointees" contributed to JBE's/Jindal's campaigns

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You just realized this?

So you want the general public of Louisiana (most of whom have never set foot on LSU's campus) to vote for LSU's Board Of Supervisor's? You actually think this is an improvement?

Lol.

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Next thing you know, SNAP cards will be allowed to buy a ticket into Tiger Stadium.

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It's pretty much declined to that level now.

Seriously, they can buy their ticket and stop off to get the Wine & Cheese with the same EBT/SNAP card.

As long as I trust the appointee, not sure if I care how they're appointed.

I would definitely prefer a strong LSU contingency balanced with a heterogeneous mix of people with various backgrounds and experience.

Just make sure you help elect a different governor in the next election, somebody you feel might make better choices about the BOS, as well as a number of other things that need addressing in this state.

Which members of the current LSU Board would you like to remove/replace?

I sure as frick don't want La voters electing LSU's BOS members. Voters in this state have proven time and again they aren't very bright.

what you should really be worried about is the way the state government has got it "fixed" that only certain parts of the budget CAN GET CUT in order to balance the budget. there are way too many sacred cows. so EVERY TIME there is a budget crunch the legislature is limited in what they can do. guess what the largest area that they can cut is; EDUCATION.

the yo-yo's in the legislature protect their "pet departments" and it is actually against state law to cut their budget. therefore when the inevitable crunch arrives they claim they have to follow the law (enacted by them of course) and cut where they can. so LSU gets cut.

you claim that changing the BOS is the solution? you are ignorant of the way the state works. instead of bashing those at the university that have to survive budget chops you should be electing legislators that will change the way the state is funded. and you claim that electing the BOS is an improvement? hah! the same voters that allow the legislature to run a poor ship would do better by electing the BOS?

YOU and the other voters are the problem. until you clean up the governing body you have no room to cast stones about the group (BOS) that has no ability to change the way the state values education (or I should say does NOT value education).