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Cal Poly wasted money on Yiannopoulos speech — now he’s a nobody

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks in January at Cal Poly’s Spanos Theatre.
Milo Yiannopoulos speaks in January at Cal Poly’s Spanos Theatre. dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com

This is so yesterday, but still … Cal Poly spent $55,400 for security at the Milo Yiannopoulos event last month. Now he’s a nobody — no CPAC speech, no book deal, no Breitbart job. Just an out-of-work pederast.

Somebody could have saved taxpayers a lot of money if they had paid attention.

Karen S. Morgan, San Luis Obispo

This story was originally published March 14, 2017 at 5:58 AM with the headline "Cal Poly wasted money on Yiannopoulos speech — now he’s a nobody."

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