Really got into it with another faculty member at a committee meeting today. They were going on and on about how the administration was spending our money and how we as faculty were weak since our sister institutions have blocked a specific program. I defended our faculty by pointing out her facts were wrong. This led to their assertion that my facts were wrong since they heard them at a meeting the other day. I am not sure what facts they heard but the University official web site supports my version as well as a newspaper report. The other issue was how the administration spends money. Before we start banging our chests that they are expanding we should see facts that indeed they are taking more money rather than rebudgeting what they have. They indeed may have too large a budget but my bet is they will show that their budget is actually smaller than in years past in which case we would look like fools.