https://www.amarillo.com/news/20190222/commentary-aampm-grad-moves-from-ttu-vet-school-skeptic-to-supporter

That new army puss is a traitor. Next.

https://www.myhighplains.com/news/top-stories/amarillo-matters-to-kickoff-grassroot-effort-for-texas-tech-vet-school/1860800557

Amarillo Matters to Kickoff Grassroot Effort for Texas Tech Vet School

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"There is so much support for this project and we felt it was important to give all of the supporters a voice, a way for them to say we support this project and our state needs it," Amarillo Matters President Jason Herrick said.
The effort will include a robust digital and social media campaign with opportunities to stay engaged and share support for the Texas Tech veterinary school. Amarillo Matters is also working to assemble a broad coalition as big as Texas and beyond of supporters, communities, and organizations who believe in the vision of Texas Tech's veterinary school.
Numerous agricultural organizations and businesses throughout Texas are supporting the establishment of Texas Tech's School of Veterinary Medicine. This statewide support includes chambers of commerce, regional communities, cattle feeders, dairymen and ranchers, along with rural veterinary practitioners. Texas Tech's veterinary school has established partnerships with more than 20 rural veterinary practices throughout the state to support its innovative approach to veterinary education.
"Texas is home to more than 240,000 farms and ranches and leads the nation in cattle production yet we're importing the majority of our veterinarians," Herrick said.
Statistics show that less than 25 percent of the state's newly licensed veterinary workforce graduate from the state's only veterinary program.
"Our state also leads the nation in population growth," Herrick added. "Over the years we've added new law schools, medical schools, and nursing programs and now it's time to add a second veterinary school to help meet both the educational demands and the needs of the ag industry, one of our nation's largest economic drivers."
"We also can't say enough about our West Texas leadership in both the Texas House and Senate," Herrick added. "Senators Kel Seliger and Charles Perry, along with House Representatives Four Price, John Smithee, Dustin Burrows, John Frullo and many others have been so supportive of this project and are working so hard to push it through the legislative process."
"It's exciting to see West Texas and many of our rural communities come together to support such a worthy cause and this historic opportunity, not just for the region but for the entire state," Herrick added. "We are grateful for these partnerships throughout Texas and are proud so many are standing with us."
Supporters can learn more about the efforts and sign a petition to voice their support www.unmetvetdemand.com.

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https://www.hpj.com/livestock/texas-tech-to-establish-a-new-vet-school-in-amarillo/article_a83f8a88-6dde-11e9-8cac-6fe947d33c9e.html

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Fundraising for the program has already begun. According to Texas Tech, $17.4 million was requested from the Texas Legislature with an additional $13.2 million in appropriations, along with $4.2 million in current base funding for appropriation.
"Another $1.75 million has been committed to support scholarships, but we need to continue to work to raise scholarship support and to raise funds to help attract some of the best faculty to the program," Loneragan said.
Moreover, the university has raised $90 million in non-state funds for infrastructure costs.
"The support of Amarillo has been absolutely critical in this regard," Schovanec said. "Others have contributed, but the city of Amarillo and the Amarillo Development Corporation stepped up in a big way and we couldn't be more appreciative of what they have done."
Schovanec says Texas Tech will still have to get approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. He says the proposal has been submitted and it is under review.

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Here are the members of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. I'm concerned about how these people will vote. I think it might be something where the tu grads might vote for Texas Tech having the 2nd vet school in the panhandle.

Commissioner of Education - Raymund Paredes - UCLA

Board members;
Stuart Stedman - tu BA and MBA
John T. Steen, Jr. - Princeton BS and tu JD
S Javaid Anwar - oil & gas, U of Wyoming
Ricky Raven - trial lawyer, UH BS and JD
Welcome W Wilson Jr - Uni of Denver; involved in Alamo trust
Fred Farias III - tu
Michael Plank - Texas A&M
Donna WIlliams - Prairie View A&M
Michele O Tran - student rep from UH

Oh its coming. Get ready, *****es.

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WYYOh its coming. Get ready, *****es.

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Tell me again how the same school that built a building at the Pantex plant, had a guaranteed tenant in the Federal Government, still couldn't afford it, and had to sell the building to A&M, suddenly has the money to build an entire school?

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WYYOh its coming. Get ready, *****es.

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Tell me again how the same school that built a building at the Pantex plant, had a guaranteed tenant in the Federal Government, still couldn't afford it, and had to sell the building to A&M, suddenly has the money to build an entire school?

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Are you talking about the 300k sq ft building that Tech leased 16k square feet of starting in 2016? Tech did not build that.

Edit: okay I mis -remembered that

But regardless, they can't keep their financial obligation to that tiny space. So how are they doing a Vet school?

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Edit: okay I mis -remembered that

But regardless, they can't keep their financial obligation to that tiny space. So how are they doing a Vet school?

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I can't speak to what happened with the building. I wouldn't have thought it was finances as much as TAMU becoming integrated with Los Alamos and national defense. I can't find anything on Tech giving up the lease.

Anyways, Tech has quite a bit of backing in this thing. Even financially. Hell, we just made Hocutt the 4th highest paid AD in the country and Beard the third highest so there is money somewhere.

It was finances. Pantex and Los Alamos are run by different groups

Dream on

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It was finances. Pantex and Los Alamos are run by different groups

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Both fall under the National Nuclear Security Administration. TAMU is an affiliate/partner with both. Not that far fetched, holmes.

NNSA is oversight. CNS runs Pantex, Triad runs Los Alamos.

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NNSA is oversight. CNS runs Pantex, Triad runs Los Alamos.

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Triad is what was formed with TAMU, Cal and some other member to run Los Alamos, but "they" were not the original selectors of who was run LA. NNSA then selected Triad.

Contractors run the nuclear plants and make the day to day decisions. Different contractors run Los Alamos and Pantex, which is the point you are ignoring

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Contractors run the nuclear plants and make the day to day decisions. Different contractors run Los Alamos and Pantex, which is the point you are ignoring

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I believe the discussion here is whether Tech could afford to lease space at Pantex. Which I have found no suggestion of. And the more likelihood that because A&M is affiliated with Los Alamos, which is governed by NSSA, it made more sense to have A&M at Pantex, also governed by NSSA. Open to having my mind changed. But I can't find anything on lack of affordability.

You can't find anything because Tech was not going to publicize their failure. Go back and find all the articles about tech's original contract and how long it was going to last....and didn't.

And for Pete's sake lay off the NNSA angle. They are oversight. The contract tech had was with the contractor that runs Pantex. A completely different contractor runs LosAlamos. It's like saying that Boeing and Airbus cooperate because they are both selling to the same airline.

Done deal, skanks.

BecUse they got 1/10 of the funding to run it a year?

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BecUse they got 1/10 of the funding to run it a year?

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So butthurt.

Good grief Andy, you have the biggest form of little dick syndrome I've ever seen from someone on here. Spending, literally YEARS "bragging" about MAYBE building a vet school? We bought a terrible law school and in THREE YEARS boatraced past Tech in the rankings despite them having one for 50 years. Do you really think this is going to end up with Tech competing with A&M? AT BEST, they're going to end up being considered the equivalent of North Texas' School of Osteopathic Medicine?

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Good grief Andy, you have the biggest form of little dick syndrome I've ever seen from someone on here. Spending, literally YEARS "bragging" about MAYBE building a vet school? We bought a terrible law school and in THREE YEARS boatraced past Tech in the rankings despite them having one for 50 years. Do you really think this is going to end up with Tech competing with A&M? AT BEST, they're going to end up being considered the equivalent of North Texas' School of Osteopathic Medicine?

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You guys tried so hard to keep Tech at bay. Sharp sure was pissed.

*****es.

If I really disliked tceh, which I don't, I'd want them to get some sort of vet school. They can't afford it, they won't attract the top students, and they will wreck their budget trying to keep up. Never have understood why they thought getting a vet school would finally make them legit.

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BecUse they got 1/10 of the funding to run it a year?

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So butthurt.

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They got a house committee to commit to $17m over two years. Still has to pass the Senate and signed by the Gov. And you only get that IF the HECB gives the green light. That's about two months of operations expense, and you still have to build the buildings. .

You got a walk and you think you hit a grand slam home run.

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BecUse they got 1/10 of the funding to run it a year?

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So butthurt.

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They got a house committee to commit to $17m over two years. Still has to pass the Senate and signed by the Gov. And you only get that IF the HECB gives the green light. That's about two months of operations expense, and you still have to build the buildings. .

You got a walk and you think you hit a grand slam home run.

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Coming straight from Hances mouth. Ya know, a politician.

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Coming straight from Hances mouth. Ya know, a politician.

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Well, if a politician says it, it must be true.

finally hit the Amarillo paper

https://www.amarillo.com/news/20190517/more-than-17m-in-texas-tech-vet-school-funding-advances-in-legislature/1?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GHM_Daily_Newsletter&utm_content=GMPG_AGN&utm_term=051819

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Good grief Andy, you have the biggest form of little dick syndrome I've ever seen from someone on here. Spending, literally YEARS "bragging" about MAYBE building a vet school? We bought a terrible law school and in THREE YEARS boatraced past Tech in the rankings despite them having one for 50 years. Do you really think this is going to end up with Tech competing with A&M? AT BEST, they're going to end up being considered the equivalent of North Texas' School of Osteopathic Medicine?

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You guys tried so hard to keep Tech at bay. Sharp sure was pissed.

*****es.

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Trust us. Tard doesn't need our help staying irrelevant.

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Andy Farmer said:

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Good grief Andy, you have the biggest form of little dick syndrome I've ever seen from someone on here. Spending, literally YEARS "bragging" about MAYBE building a vet school? We bought a terrible law school and in THREE YEARS boatraced past Tech in the rankings despite them having one for 50 years. Do you really think this is going to end up with Tech competing with A&M? AT BEST, they're going to end up being considered the equivalent of North Texas' School of Osteopathic Medicine?

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You guys tried so hard to keep Tech at bay. Sharp sure was pissed.

*****es.

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Trust us. Tard doesn't need our help staying irrelevant.

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Sharp didn't see it that way. Dude practically sacrificed a lamb to keep a second vet school away from Tech.

It would not surprise me to see the Governor line item veto the $17.7 million. Not predicting it or saying I have any inside info. But he and Sharp are pretty tight. in the budget, the conferees removed the rider requiring Coordinating Board approval before Tech could use the funds. This would give Abott the reason for the veto. Governors don't like their appointees (coordinating board in this case) being sidestepped.

texas tech = lsu of the west. Two schools with students that loved jr/sr high school SO much...they wanted a repeat.