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Missouri House had no business cutting funds for the University of
Missouri-Kansas City because certain lawmakers didn't like a faculty
member's views. The General Assembly should restore the money.
Legislators should not use their appropriations power
in an attempt to squelch certain views. They may disagree with
professor Harris Mirkin's controversial articles on pedophilia, but this
isn't the way to express their displeasure.
The university's budget should not be targeted.
Decisions about the faculty properly belong with the university, not the
legislature.
Two years ago, lawmakers got into a snit over a
newspaper article by UMKC faculty member. The House cut $2.6
million from the university system, although the senate restored the
money.
This year's $100,000 cut is less dramatic, but it is
just as inappropriate.
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