August 6, 2008
One is a local pastor who serves as vice chairman of Florida A&M’s board of trustees. The other sits at the helm of the University of Florida — the state’s flagship university.
Within the past two weeks both UF President Bernie Machen and local pastor Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr. have requested something of Gov. Charlie Crist — they want him to release reserve dollars to help public universities maintain their academic momentum.
The two men didn’t get together to speak out on behalf of state universities. Instead, each said universities face an emergency situation and that’s where the state’s $4 billion in reserve funds come in.
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