Representative Winters Sounds off Against the Demolition of Cole Hall at NIU

"I think to simply helicopter into the DeKalb campus and announce that we're going to tear this building down and replace it was a premature and an emotional decision that wasn't properly thought out and is not a good public policy in a time when we can't pay for so many other needs around the state.

Once you take it down, you have to rebuild it, and all of the construction cost is, to me, wasted. I'd rather spend $3 million on that building and reserve another $37 million that can be used by that or some other campus or for a different purpose completely.

I don't think he [Governor Blagojevich] had thought it through. It was almost pandering to the crowd. Students are very upset right now. The parents are upset. The faculty is upset. But let's let the heat of the moment die."

~ Dave Winters ~

Let me know what you think by calling the District Office at (815) 282-0083

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