University Daily Kansan, March 11, 1981
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Wingert familiar with Regents issues
By DAN BOWERS Staff Reporter
OTTWA-A-Although he's only been a member of the state Board of Regents for two weeks, George Wingert is no stranger to the delicate issues that the Regents deal with routinely.
Serving an eight-year stint in the Kansas House as a Democrat from Ottawa, Wingert was chairman of the House Ways and Means committee. He oversaw many bills and appropriations, dealing to the hearts of the Reedschools.
Thus, as Regents Chairman Bernard Franklin noted at the last Regents meeting, Wingert was not as reluctant to speak up as other rookie Regents have been at their first meetings.
WINGERT SAID he developed greater pride in the Regents schools since he had played a part in the decisions affecting them.
"The legislators have always looked favorably toward higher education," he said. "And the students I work with today students have justified that faith."
Some people might question the state's commitment to higher education in view of the $3 million worth of budget cuts proposed for KU, but Winget defended the recommendations.
"They're about in line with what is needed," he said.
WINGERT SAID his experience with the state budgeting process had
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taught him that the cuts wouldn't be quite as harsh as they initially might appear to be.
"The proposed cuts probably won't go through as they are," he said. "They'll look for a common middle ground with the Regents."
Wingert said that as the Regents schools faced declining enrollment, higher costs and budget cuts, they must increase their expenses more carefully.
As utility costs become more prohibitive, he said, more university activities should be made in energy-efficient buildings.
look at the costs of operating the older buildings on the campuses," he said.
"We may have to take a long, hard
ONE PRIORITY to keep in mind, he said, was minimizing the student's share of the educational burden.
"We must be able to keep the cost of education within the reach of all the young people in Kansas," he said.
Wingert was appointed to the Regents by Gov. John Carlin, and was confirmed by the Kansas Senate on Feb. 19.
Wingert said he had not sought reelection for his House seat after 1978 because he didn't want his family to be "shortchanged."
"If I had stayed in the Legislature, I was going to miss my kids growing up," he said.
WINGERT'S INTERESTS in Ottawa are enough to occupy his time. His wheat-and cattle-farming operation spreads over more than 1500 acres in Franklin and Coffey counties.
His independent oil company, which he bought in 1964, serves over 40 service stations in eastern Kansas and serves a consumer and convenience stores.
Wingert was graduated from Kansas State University in 1963 with degrees in agriculture and journalism.
Politics came natural to Wingert, who had one uncle who served in the state Senate from 1949-1953 and was a delegate to the state Democratic chairman.
By ROB STROUD Staff Reporter
Parking Services' budget scrutinized
The million-dollar budget of KU Parking Services is under investigation by a Student Senate subcommittee, which yesterday sent a letter to the Parking Services requesting an explanation of its budget.
David Kersley, a student senator who is working with the subcommittee, indicated that Parking Services still might be reluctant to cooperate.
The subcommittee, which operates under the Student Rights Committee, received an outline of the budget from the Kansas Department of Agriculture after the Parking Services turned down requests to公园 its budget.
Anticipating that possibility, Kersley said the letter "indicated that we wouldn't hesitate to call on the attorney general for assistance."
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"Even the Parking and Traffic Board has admitted that that is more than they need," Kersley said.
The letter requests that Parking Services explain irregularities that appeared on the Department of Administration report, such as the posting of income for some months and the posting of a negative gross income for one month.
Kersley said that a confidential source urged the subcommittee to pay careful attention to the negative income posting, indicating that questionable handling of the budget might be involved.
Kersley would not identify the source, but said that he was intimately familiar with the internal operations of the University.
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Kersley said that Daryl Daniels of the Department of Administration told him that "someone in KU Parking Services is playing games with the budget."
Eventually, the subcommittee could recommend that the cost of parking permits and tickets be reduced, and eliminate the structure of Parking Services be changed.
"The structure mandates excessive violations,"he said.
Those expenses could then be assumed by the state, instead of through parking fines and permits.
At least $400,000 a year could be reduced from Parking Services expenses if it would merge with the KU Police Department, Kersley said.
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