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  1. arbpro
    "Grip?" Yeah, I've got a grip on reality. The reality that this board is dedicated to "discussing new and proposed projects" going up in Houston. And the reality that some just can't control their impulse to spew political opinion under the misguided belief that it will be impactful.
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    Oh, I wasn't aware that this board is now a repository for political opinion. Just couldn't resist, could you?
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    Yep, San Francisco is a true "urban dream." https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/40-san-francisco-residents-plan-200200119.html
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    Wider sidewalks? Nonsense. A 2021 poll of Harris County residents found that the issues of concern were crime, flooding, failing public schools, homeless, traffic congestion, access to health care. There was not any mention of the need for wider sidewalks. Well, except from you.
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    "Urban dream?" Yeah, I guess that's why the people who actually live there are leaving. Good grief.
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    Then you should have no issue with me offering my opinion. Apparently only those who say "don't even bother to build it" are "playing nicely."
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    OK, well here's my opinion. If someone doesn't approve of how a property is being developed by the owner, that someone needs to buy it and then let's see what they do.
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    You guys sure like to tell other people how to spend THEIR money. Maybe they should do a critique on where you choose to spend YOUR money?
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    When this first broke I told you it would never happen. A few said I was delusional, that UT was boss and what it wants, it gets. Well, how did that work out? And even now, you continue to miss the point. There was NO objection to UT having a "research facility" but when renderings were leaked disclosing athletic facilities and diverse campus facilities, the true motive for the site was obvious. What was objected to was UT intending degree programs already offered by another public university. That constituted a waste of taxpayer funds and the motive therefor could only be to dilute the strength of the other public university. So if you are going to complain, be relevant.
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    @skyboxdweller The earth really has angels. You're one of them .
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    You are in error. The school has long wanted a medical school. When the idea was finally facing fruition, the University considered all options, including the TMC. When it was decided that the focus would be on primary care for an underserved area, the TMC option was no longer viable. The school then proceeded with its business plan idea which had the side benefit of allowing the medical school to be near the main campus. Apparently you think that was a bad idea. What you are really saying is that you think having a medical school dedicated to primary care in a need location is a bad idea.
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    The emphasis is on providing primary care to an underserved area. I don't believe the TMC could be viewed as underserved.
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    “I think the governor is a reasonable person and astute enough to know you don’t put the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers in the same stadium." lol Houston Oilers? Something tells me that with this guy making the case of why the relocation should not take place, that TMC gets a little bigger.
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    Don't like it? Don't read it. I did like it. And I did read it.
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    I think FORever was intended.
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    If I thought my surroundings were ugly I would move. But that's just me!
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    Good grief. The Medical School will be built on the school's MAIN CAMPUS and not in Austin. UT can build all the research facilities it wants on its main campus. Get it? Not too hard to figure out.
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    Renu Khator is worth every cent she is paid. Need evidence? Well, she played smash mouth with UT and won! Just like I said she would.
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    OK the UT people who attacked me for saying the campus would never happen can apologize now.
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    "The improvements come with an increase in the number of students living on campus. Two new residence halls are opening this week, bringing UH’s residential capacity to 8,000 beds—the second highest capacity among Texas universities. The new facilities include Cougar Place, which will accommodate up to 800 students for the first time this semester, and Cougar Village II, which will house 1,100 first-year students." http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2013/august/08212013CampusImprovements.php
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    I'm sure that you can direct me to your previous equal outrage when UH had encroachment rules applied against it. You guys just don't get it. UH has been told "no" before and told that encroachment that involves duplicative course and studies is an unnecessary expense and a waste of limited state funds. The issue you guys never address, and likely never will, is why are there rules prohibitting encroachment that have been enforced against UH, yet UT can encroach within miles of UH? Got an answer?
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    If you will do me the courtesy of first answering my question, I would be delighted to answer yours.
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    Well, then I highly suspect the matter could come to a quick resolution. The UT would merely have to enter into an enforceable agreement that provides that it will not now, nor any time in the future, "operate a full-fledged university (at the referenced site) or even a campus of one of their existing universities." Included therein, would confer the advance approval of the UH to locate the same type campus, with the same restrictions, as close as 5 miles to the UT campus. I assume you are OK with that?
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    TAMU understands that the governing body for public university expansion is the Coordinating Board. When TAMU sought a merger with a law school in Houston, such expansion was deemed an encroachment. When TAMU's application for expansion was denied, it complied with the decision and located its law school in Fort Worth. Every state supported university seems to be able to understand the process except one. As you correctly observe, "arrogance and hubris" is fully employed.
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    Monarch, Sorry but I don't "trust you." Is there any particular reason I should? I note you offer no substantive response. I would think that would be the thing to do in vocalizing your position. Obviously, you are exceptionally adroit at cutting and pasting images, but that is about it. With respect to your "we shall take no prisoners" portent, same will surely strike fear in every person on Cullen Blvd. When you have nothing in PUF funds and have always had nothing, I am not certain as to exactly what there is to lose. No doubt you will have a 4th grade internet image for that too.
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