Letters to the Editor, Aug. 7, 2015

CSU governors land a red herring

Will the new Colorado State University football stadium actually generate enough revenue/profits to not require a cash bailout from the students and taxpayers? To answer this question, let’s examine the history.

The Board of Governors’ policy and procedures manual tasks BOG and the administration to “protect the university’s assets.” CSU allowed Hughes Stadium to deteriorate to the point of being bulldozed because of “chronic deferred maintenance” (their own words).

Rather than court-martial the guilty parties within the administration, the BOG instead rewarded them with a new on-campus football stadium…