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Seth Harp on the 4-H wars, and a ‘11 budget gap that just increased to $2.4 billion
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Mar 15, 2010 09:18pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Mar 09, 2010 10:45am |
| Description | State Sen. Seth Harp (R-Midland) was on WGAU (1340AM) this morning. Radio host Tim Bryant kindly sent the sound along.
First, Harp addressed the threat by university officials to eliminate the state’s 4-H program, directed mostly at rural Georgians. Said Harp:
“All we do is give a pot of revenue to the university systems. The university systems, through the chancellor and the Regents, have to make the allocations. They’re the ones that make the hard decisions.
“We certainly can express our opinion and say, you know, cutting 4-H is tremendously unpopular. We think it’s a good program. But ultimately, if they want to close 4-H, then they’re going to cut it and then they’ll have to live with it. I personally am deeply opposed to it.
“In fact, I was talking with some of the other legislators, and there was a thought that what we may do is pull 4-H out from under the university system entirely, as well as the agriculture, and put it in the agriculture budget.” |
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