University System chancellor: No 'whining' about budget cuts - Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service

The chancellor of the University System of Georgia told legislators meeting at the University of Georgia that they won’t hear him complain about budget cuts. Hank Huckaby, who was in the audience as a lawmaker the last time members of the General Assembly met in Athens for issue briefings before their legislative session, told his former colleagues that the system still gets one-tenth of all the money the state collects in taxes even after 30 or so cuts in the system’s budget. "Are we happy about budget cuts we’ve taken over the last four or five years? No, we’re not happy about that a bit,” he said. When the economy improves, he’ll ask legislators for more money. In the meantime, he plans to make do with what’s available. “Will we whine? I don’t know anybody in the room that likes a whiner,” he said. “Our commitment to you, the people of our state, is whatever level of funding you give us, we’re going to do our darnedest to spend it wisely.” http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-12-10/university-system-chancellor-no-whining-about-budget-cuts