Klofas doesn't point out that the taxpayers of this county responded to the need for a community college for low to middle-income families to educate their children.

Look to the board as to what went wrong. The main purpose of this community college was to keep the tuition low so that student loans wouldn't be necessary. If students worked during their summers in high school, saved, and worked part-time while attending MCC, they could graduate with little to no student loans. They would have an associate degree in their hands in order to enter the work force and go to night school at RIT or the UofR to further their education.

What happened? Look at the board: dormitories, athletic fields, student union and deluxe book store, and the recruitment of foreign and out-of-town and out-of-state students.

Low to middle-income families can no longer afford to send their children to MCC, but their taxes increase for this facility. Where are the downtown campus students getting their tuition from? It is not fair to these students to have these huge loans to pay off when the original intent for a community college was a basic, simple way to further your education. What do we expect when the 1 percent run the colleges and haven't a clue about the 99 percent trying to pay for it?

CS CAVALIERI