UT-Houston

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Duce630Dustin K
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I still would like to see an investigation into this. Did we, the taxpayers, overpay for this land?

Of course, we did. I have read that the whorns paid to one of their big donors several times as much as he had paid for the land just a few months earlier! One or more people should go to jail for this!

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Pwnd!

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Guessing the contamination story that came out yesterday and Tillman calling for a press conference today were the final straws.

McRaven and UT got beaten badly on this one.

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Awesome! I consider that a big win for UH.

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Never turn your back on those bastards !!

They may force UH to purchase that landā€¦at a profit for ut !

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Well, that $215MM was well spent. Way to go, jackwagons.

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If so, we turn it into UH Medical Center

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That whole thing just smelled bad. Iā€™m glad that their hand was called.

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Well done Coogs. Well done. Well done for everyone who did not sit idly by and who let their voices be heard. And way to go on all the activism.

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I was stuck in traffic for a while (bad accident/pray that everyone is fine) but THIS HAS TO BE OUR BIGGEST WIN TO DATE. The future of our University was at stake.This is how important this decision was. Now we have to keep pushing forward and aim for the very best. Mrs. Khator and Mr. Fertitta are the leaders that got this "undone"
utaā€™s retreat with their tail between their legs is one thing but a lot of money was wasted. In todayā€™s education budget this is indeed unacceptable. Tax payers should demand answer(s) Someone has to be held accountable.
GO COOGS!!!

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ā€œI donā€™t know whether there was a tipping point, but there was certainly a recognition that this was impacting our ability to showcase the work being done in our system,ā€ he said.

Sure, Bill, kind of like UTEP in danger of losing accreditation.

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200 Million doesnā€™t get wasted without someone getting fired and/or arrested. This story ainā€™t over yet.

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Google Search Link: UT System cancels big Houston expansion - Google Search

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University of Texas cancels plans for Houston
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/03/01/university-of-texas-cancels-plans-for-houston.html?ana=twt

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https://twitter.com/UH_News/status/837069821585977344

https://twitter.com/RepAlvarado145/status/837106900386910212

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**BIGGEST WIN FOR UH OVER uta IN MY LIFETIME! **

Now - only two questions remain: Who gets indicted? And when?

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Exactly. The ut-system should be sued for their mismanagement, to say the least.

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Kudos to all cougars everywhere who tried to fight it.

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200+ million that was paid to a UT DONOR!!! Over expected market price and then the land turns out to be contaminatedā€¦ they bailed out a friend. This should land someone in jail.
Anyone have the link to the contamination story?