ICCTA Action Alert
Feb. 20, 2001

Today's Chicago Tribune features a scathing editorial attacking Gov. George Ryan's proposed capital improvement program for community colleges. Among the paper's claims:

But reality is that none of them (community colleges) is in dire financial straits, and some of them are fatter than hogs. The community college board has seen its budget increase 11 percent since fiscal year 1999.
The full text of this editorial can be viewed on the Tribune web site at: http://chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/article/0,2669,SAV-0102200001,FF.html.

ICCTA is urging trustees, presidents, and friends of community colleges to contact the Tribune ASAP and protest its incorrect portrayal of our colleges' capital needs. Letters should be sent to:

By mail
Voice of the People
Chicago Tribune
435 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611

By fax
312-222-2598

By e-mail
http://chicagotribune.com/interact/letters/letted/

Please be sure to send copies of any correspondence to the Trustees Association. Thank for your advocacy on behalf of our system!

For additional information on the upcoming legislative session, contact ICCTA at 1-800-454-2282.



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401 E. Capitol Ave., Suite 200
Springfield, IL 62701-1711
217-528-2858 (phone)
217-528-8662 (fax)
ICCTA@communitycolleges.org (e-mail)
http://www.communitycolleges.org



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