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Post by FIUBlue82 on Apr 3, 2008 15:27:39 GMT -5
miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/04/med-schools-foo.htmlMed schools "food fight" ends with FIU getting UM money Rep. David Rivera, a Miami Republican, pushed through an amendment to the House's $65.1 billion budget on Thursday that took $3.5 million from the University of Miami and gave it to Florida International University. The House budget put together by Rep. Joe Pickens initially had kept FIU's medical school funding at its current $11.6 million level, a move that FIU officials said could jeopardize the 2009 opening of the school. Rivera said it was right for UM to help its crosstown neighbor: "If you need to borrow some sugar, you go next door to your neighbor." But Rep. Ron Saunders said this just showed why lawmakers should not have created the FIU medical school to begin with because it was creating a "food fight" between institutions. Saunders said it was wrong for Rivera, the House rules chairman and a top ally to House Speaker Marco Rubio, to come in at the last minute and propose the amendment.
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Post by FIUFanatic on Apr 3, 2008 15:40:09 GMT -5
Good for Rivera......Azuca!!
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Post by The OC Panther on Apr 3, 2008 15:47:37 GMT -5
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Post by FIUPantherFan on Apr 3, 2008 16:41:20 GMT -5
This is going to keep happening more and more as lawyers graduate from FIU and become politically active. Go Panthers!
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Post by kevinkagy on Apr 3, 2008 22:43:32 GMT -5
Great news for FIU!
GO FIU!
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Post by FIUBlue82 on Apr 4, 2008 8:49:57 GMT -5
I'm on the opposite side of the aisle from David, but I'm glad he did this. FIU needs the money more than Miami.
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Post by mjgpanthers1 on Apr 4, 2008 11:31:12 GMT -5
There is nothing more sweet then taking money from the U lol
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Post by kevinkagy on Apr 5, 2008 13:23:40 GMT -5
There is nothing more sweet then taking money from the U lol Very true lol. GO FIU!
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