tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post156868493601286030..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Please come to Boltwood...Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-75778211100562178332008-11-12T19:49:00.000-05:002008-11-12T19:49:00.000-05:00As a Williams Grad, let me assure you, a decent su...As a Williams Grad, let me assure you, a decent subset of Amherst grads can easily pool spare assets to come up with 420 million dollars for the capital campaign. It is a smaller group than it would have been just a year ago, but this is doable with the right support and favors from the Marx administration.<BR/><BR/>The only problem is that the Marx administration may well be loathe to offer the needed support and favors.Xenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07102195851970595827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-36934942735813261122008-11-11T08:57:00.000-05:002008-11-11T08:57:00.000-05:00Yes the do have that much money. For instance the...Yes the do have that much money. <BR/><BR/>For instance they could afford to buy that building in downtown Amherst for 2.3 times the assessed value ($1 mill) and take it off the tax rolls forever.<BR/><BR/>Hell, when they first announced the renovation project last year it was only $5 million. Why not go back that plan?Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-47118927896110383722008-11-11T00:54:00.000-05:002008-11-11T00:54:00.000-05:00They lost $400 million in the economic meltdown.Th...They lost $400 million in the economic meltdown.<BR/><BR/>They started a capital campaign drive for $425 million last week. Do their alumni have THAT MUCH money?<BR/><BR/>When the market gets back to pre-crash levels they'll be over $2 B. Then they'll spend $20 m putting a new face and guts on the LJI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-23453978245762715802008-11-09T19:05:00.000-05:002008-11-09T19:05:00.000-05:00Yeah, MacArthur was fine in WW11 (although Rooseve...Yeah, MacArthur was fine in WW11 (although Roosevelt would have felt better if he said "WE shall return") but what an arrogant useless doddering old ass <BR/>he was in Korea.<BR/><BR/>(Sorry, the History major in me took over.) <BR/><BR/>Yes I know, the Lord Jeff renovation is only "temporarily on hold" because of the economic meltdown. <BR/><BR/>And now with President Obama at the helm, the economy will turn around and Amherst College will get the usual generous return on their $1 BILLION + endowment and the Lord Jeff renovations will proceed.<BR/><BR/>Or not.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-3931173115985917772008-11-09T18:46:00.000-05:002008-11-09T18:46:00.000-05:00In the immortal words of General MacArthur, the Lo...In the immortal words of General MacArthur, the Lord Jeff Inn said:<BR/><BR/><I><B>"I shall return"</B></I><BR/><BR/>Giving sustaining hope to all who want to swim at the beachhead, once again... at sometime in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com