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I think Arizona has reason to be hopeful that with an all new administration -- governor, secretary of state, attorney general and many new legislators -- because there will be new ideas presented and we can capitalize on the changing times.

Technology is certainly the future, and one legislator (Rep. Bob Robson) has a bill that will fund our three state universities with a $2 billion capital investment for research and development.

This isn’t a new idea. In fact, Robson did this on a small scale more than 10 years ago and we’ve had time to measure the results, which are stellar.

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I think Arizona has reason to be hopeful that with an all new administration -- governor, secretary of state, attorney general and many new legislators -- because there will be new ideas presented and we can capitalize on the changing times.

Technology is certainly the future, and one legislator (Rep. Bob Robson) has a bill that will fund our three state universities with a $2 billion capital investment for research and development.

This isn’t a new idea. In fact, Robson did this on a small scale more than 10 years ago and we’ve had time to measure the results, which are stellar.

The return on investment yielded $7 for each $1 invested. This is not a give-away program. It is an investment in the future of Arizona that works.

All the new technology companies are hungry for a workforce that is ready to engage in the biotech and bioscience fields. Arizona can produce that workforce if we are very careful with our higher education dollars.

It sounds good to me.

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