Last year, the Parking Division elected to impose general parking fees on retired faculty and staff, although this was originally considered a benefit.

Now, Recreation Services has decided to more than triple the annual fee charged to retirees in 2011 for using the Lied Recreation Center; while understanding there may be a need to modestly increase user fees, the size of this increase levied against this targeted group is completely unjustified.

One has to wonder if they are sending a message to retired faculty and staff that, despite years of service to Iowa State, they are no longer welcome on campus?

I hope that retirees send an appropriate response by refusing to pay these inflated fees; I, for one, will not be paying either the Lied user fee or the general parking permit in 2011.