Tuesday, June 5, 2007

DCC to make case to Democrats

The Dutchess Community College bond resolution defeated last month by Democratic legislators isn't dead yet. The college's president and board president are scheduled to attend the Democratic caucus meeting Wednesday evening, perhaps to let bygones be bygones.

The Dutchess Legislature already passed one bond resolution pledging to borrow half of the cost of $2 million in improvements. The new resolution included modifications but no additional cost, and it was opposed by Democrats in what Assistant Minority Leader Sandy Goldberg said was a message to college officials to listen to their concerns.

If the college officials listen and the Democrats are mollified, the resolution could come up for another vote Monday and pass. End of story.

But Goldberg suggested that, even then, the bygones within the Legislature won't be bygone. The Republicans still hold a mere one-vote majority, and relations between the two parties are strained. They could continue to be strained at least through the November elections.

1 comment:

DutchessPreserver said...

Just think about what it would have meant if instead of Sen. Saland securing 5M of State Funds for a Private Educational institution in the name of Economic Development for a Technology Building(namely Marist College) that same 5M had been secured by Saland for Dutchess Community College a Public School the taxpayers of Dutchess County Support. . . . . . . . . .