We ask the public for a lot of support as it is. We would have to be careful that anything that we would do (for the library) would not harm the potential prospects we have for our school system.

It would be difficult for us during a period when we may need public support ourselves to be promoting another bond issue. I'd say at best it would require a lot of thinking.

I need to find out what the concerns are and what the understanding was when they put it into place. I want to hear from the people at the meeting about the nature of the problem before we figure out where we are and what we do.

We don't want to support developers to build their private roads.

With this proposed appropriation falling significantly short of the funds requested to support a tuition freeze by Penn State at 20 of its undergraduate campuses, that idea will need to be abandoned. The tuition freeze proposal was approved by Penn State's Board of Trustees during their September, 2005, meeting, dependent on a 9.5 percent increase in state appropriation.

We appreciate the governor's ongoing support for Penn State and understand the pressure on the commonwealth's resources in recent years. At the same time, we will work with members of the House and Senate during the coming months to encourage additional support for the University.