Freedom of Speech or To Offend

  Texas Tech has a substantial "free speech" area. I believe free speech is not freedom to offend. Teas Tech regents don't even have public remarks on their agendas. Student organizations don't allow anyone to attend without permission. I personally observed "Brother" Jed condemning students and others to Hades and "Brother" Jed is as phony as "Brother" Swaggart. Recently some former professor took the "free speech" area to use the "N" word somewhat freely. I have a theory about slurs,Free Speech with those should be confined to one's home,car or other private property. If someone had a sign,"Kent Hance Is A Jerk" in the free speech area he or she would be escorted off the campus "very quickly". Another sign like "Bring Back Mike Leach!" would probably get sign holder incarcerated in the chancellor's detention camp,if there is one. Texas Tech is not exactly a respected university. Tech now charges obscene fees for public record,that was another Kent Hance idea. The quickest way to put a stop to "free speech" on campus would be to levy a cost similar to public record fees.

  Oh Kent,Charge For "free speech"!!

Student Government Association creates "chaos" with new bus routes

  The small city named Texas Tech has become "Chaos" as relative to mass transit. This editor read one article in the Daily Toreador about the new routes and nine out of ten had negative remarks about the reallocation of the bus resources. It seems every government is getting more money and downsizing the services. Tech's CitiBus system is a case in point. Kent Hance has a real credibility problem. Every time the administration tries to cause some change in any program the quality of service declines. So far visitor parking has disappeared and fewer students are riding buses. Kent Hance may become Mayor of "Chaos" before his highness retires. Mr.Hance may be as popular as Barack Obama.

Downtown TIF "boondoggle"

  The tax reinvestment board advising city council on how to sink powerlines and sewerlines as well as waterlines has hit a funding problem. The reinvestment board wants the business owners to finance the sinking underground of the utilities and the cost is prohibitive. The local "rag" (AJ) has done a convoluted mess of an article that does reveal local developer Delbert McDougal is on the TIF board and he serves two masters,McDougal Properties and City of Lubbock. Downtown has more boarded up property and unmaintained property than any other district in Lubbock. The OMNI Building is now getting a tile solution that could open up two streets where property has been rendered useless. Mr.McDougal serves McDougal Properties first and foremost. City Council can ill afford to dedicate any large sums of money to modernize a "white elephant" known as "downtown Lubbock" with both north and south Lubbock needing infrastructure investment. Residential areas must take priority one and the "Downtown Renovation Commission" should be mothballed ASAP!

United Family Announces Complicated Gasoline Discount

  United Family(supermarkets) is now trying to promote their "overpriced" store goods with  complicated receipt code to be used on their gas pumps. The promotion is only good if a customer buys a minimum of $40 in the store. This editor reviewed the promotion and highly recommends customers use their gasoline charge card or Wal-Mart gift card to get their gasoline discounts. This editor discourages patronization of United as a protest to the "illegal arrest of Clif Burnett" at United on 4th&Slide.

  Just Boycott United!!

Texas Tech and "bonehead" management

  "Hairless" Hance has recruited too many students. "Hairless"  wants an over 1,000 student population increase every year for eight more years until Tech's Lubbock campus has 40,000 enrolled. Hance has failed to expand dormitory availability to accommodate the ones to poor to afford off campus housing. Hance has virtually sold more students on Texas Tech than he has room for. This is equal to selling more stock in a company than the assets are worth. It's called the "Bugsy Siegal" business model. Texas Tech is well known for being irresponsible and Hance is Mr.Irresponsible.

  Now "Bugsy" Hance,to explain "too man students"!!