(Community Matters) My previous post wasn’t intended to defend the golf course, housing or any specific, existing improvements – nor am I biased toward their removal.
My point is that Gov Perry’s administration’s all-out privatization efforts have not been well thought-out and have mostly been incompetently negotiated and executed (resulting in the waste of hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars). They are driven by a philosophy to privatize government assets and functions, apparently less for efficiency and financial return than for private profit-making opportunities. Regrettably, there’s no reason to be confident the all-Perry appointed UT board of regents would embrace any higher philosophical objectives. We’ve just witnessed the command-control philosophy of another Perry-appointed, university board of regents in Bryan-College Station.
