Depends on your definition of "ask"
So the Department of Agriculture and UNC system seem to be at odds over the fate of farm research stations.
Basically, Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler doesn't want to see stations now under his management transferred to university control.
Steve Leath, a UNC administrator, thinks that's a dandy idea because he says it would streamline research.
He also said this to me for the story that ran today:
"We did not ask for this, we did not seek it out," Leath said of the proposed shift. "That said, we have no problem with it, we think it is a very, very good idea."
So a six-page letter lands in my lap today dated Jan. 23, 2006 that was sent by Leath and sent to Sen. Charlie Albertson, one of the big guns when it comes to Agriculture down here on Jones Street.
The second sentence reads:
After careful deliberation I have concluded that we should proceed with plans to unite all the agricultural research stations and University Field Laboratories into one management entity based at NC State.
It goes on, in great detail, to outline how that might happen. Sounds like asking to me.
I'll provide a PDF of this letter when I can make one.
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It's really interesting how one can "selectively forget" something of this monitary value when they
have a $200,000 plus a year job offer in the closet.
Dr. Leath also told a neighbor and supposedly a "Friend" in Ashe County that he knew nothing about
the research station take-over. My , My is that selective memory or what?? I thought that we were to
be Stewards of the Soil and leave it Better for the next generation. We are also preaching Farm Land Preservation , and he wants us to sell this valuable land for a brick building in Kannapolis, NC.
Posted on July 18, 2007 12:19 PM
It's really interesting how one can "selectively forget" something of this monitary value when they
have a $200,000 plus a year job offer in the closet.
Dr. Leath also told a neighbor and supposedly a "Friend" in Ashe County that he knew nothing about
the research station take-over. My , My is that selective memory or what?? I thought that we were to
be Stewards of the Soil and leave it Better for the next generation. We are also preaching Farm Land Preservation , and he wants us to sell this valuable land for a brick building in Kannapolis, NC.
Posted on July 18, 2007 12:20 PM