More from Rep. Gene Pelowski, the Winona DFLer who's one of the most outspoken critics of plans to expand the University of Minnesota programming in Rochester -- quoted in the Winona Daily News :
...He is concerned about the proposed university in Rochester. Included in the higher education budget bill is $3.2 million for studying the needs in Rochester.
Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, said the timing for a new university in Rochester is bad.
"This is at a time when MnSCU has had record tuition increases, record enrollment increases and student debt," Pelowski wrote in an e-mail.