I did not mean to imply that things would be different had the votes been different. But I do not think it is a coincidence that the news was delivered right after the election. I understand that the shortfall will require cuts and a "blended" approach. But good leadership would dictate that those cuts begin in administration and that those are the first cuts announced. Cutting the programs and those delivering the programs to the students should be the last cuts made, after all other alternatives have been exhausted. And cuts which effect the contract must be negotiated to avoid a labor complaint and sanctions. Just good business to make your workers partners, especially when they have not had a raise, other than state-generated, in years and the shortfall is your fault, not theirs.