MU President Gary Forsee has the daunting challenge of running the four campuses in the MU system during a time of decreasing state revenues and budget shortfalls. In light of this budget crisis, he is right to oppose the proposed cap and trade legislation.  It will significantly raise energy costs and unless China, India, Japan and other industrialized countries take similar actions, it will actually increase greenhouse gas emissions. That is precisely why the United States Senate, in 1997, voted 95-0 not to enact global warming legislation that burdened our economy unless other nations did the same.

Gary Forsee is being an outspoken advocate for common sense – something that often gets lost in Washington.