Utah university removes Reid's name from center
Source: AP
RENO, Nev. (AP) Southern Utah University President Scott Wyatt acknowledged he was under pressure from a group of conservatives to remove Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's name from a center on campus, but he insisted politics had nothing to do with his decision to do so.
The Nevada Democrat's name was removed from the front door of the school's Outdoor Engagement Center in Cedar City, Utah, last week, several months after two local elected officials and others met with Wyatt and told him they had received $40,000 in pledges in five days toward erasing Reid's name, Wyatt said Friday.
Wyatt said he told the group to stop raising money and that he would not accept it to remove Reid's name from the center.
Instead, he decided to strike Reid's name because it created confusion about the center's purpose because "nobody" associated the senator with the outdoors, Wyatt said. The center rents outdoor equipment to students, offers internship programs for students seeking outdoor careers and coordinates project-based learning activities for students.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/utah-university-removes-reids-name-center
randys1
(16,286 posts)rpannier
(24,338 posts)Southern Utah is deciding how to spend 80K they received in donations
Journeyman
(15,038 posts)get all the press and money you can out of your decision, then turn around and auction off the right to remove the name. Build once, name often, collect for all -- quite the scam. No ethics, no commitment, no class -- but money money money mo-o-o-o-n-e-e-e!
chuckstevens
(1,201 posts)Because they FUCKING scream louder! Why don't liberals raise more hell?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)I'm sure all of those people were well known for housing so that no one is confused by the name...
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Talk about a bunch of backassward bunch of nitwits. Anyone that has any awarement of the politics in Iron County knows that Harry Reid is the poster child of right wing teabillie hatred. And to think most residents belong to the same fake religion. When you have a Religion that has total endorsement of Rethug policies and distaste for any Liberal endorsement or causes,what do you expect. And Harry Reid is a member,albeit a convert,of the predominant religion that runs the show in Utah. Orin will have some splanin to do.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,057 posts)Joseph loved them golden plates and so do his TeaPublican followers.
slumcamper
(1,606 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)its always irks me when they get places named for them when they reappropiate taxpayers funds to a building or project.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)St. Ronnie pulled illegal arms for hostages deal and gets major airport named for him
littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Honorifics like this should never be given to someone who's still alive, much less someone who still holds a position of authority.
The City of Albany chose to name their ballpark for Joe Bruno, the (then) Republican Head of the Senate. That happened before he was carted off to jail for fraud.
And need I mention the Bernard Kerik Correctional Facility?
Psephos
(8,032 posts)Stainless
(718 posts)Where Conservative Dogma and Mormonism combine to create religious fanaticism with appalling ignorance.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Koch brothers?