Sen. Bill Ketron (R-13) and Sen. Jim Tracy (R-16) have made a partisan pledge to Republican leadership not to fund any bonds for a badly needed building project at Middle Tennessee State University. The closed-door pledge is part of a Republican budget plan that makes major cuts in education, jobs and health care.
Rutherford County’s Republican delegation has wasted months on abortion, guns and booze bills, but threw together a last minute budget proposal that abandons the priorities of working families and those seeking to better themselves through education.
In March of 2008, Sen. Tracy went to the media taking credit for millions of dollars in annual bonds for a badly needed College of Education and Behavioral Science building at MTSU.
“The Science Building at MTSU has been on the list to be funded for a number of years,” Tracy added. “The time has come for the state to make a commitment to MTSU and its students. I am optimistic that we can get funding this year for this important project.”
Though Ketron and Tracy are quick to take credit for MTSU building projects they never lifted a finger for (no MTSU building projects have begun during their 2 terms) and claim they are working to fund our hometown university, Ketron and Tracy can’t even figure out where the money is.
State Rep. Jim Tracy, R-Shelbyville, said Wednesday that money for the project was appropriated two years ago. “I don’t know if they have used that anywhere else,” he said.
Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, expressed similar concerns.
“Where did (the money) go? Who authorized them to take the money?” he said.
Ketron and Tracy talk a good game, but now its time to put up or shut up. Will Ketron and Tracy vote to fund MTSU’s Education Building and the jobs it creates? Will they take a stand and fight for MTSU?
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But Ketron is really focused on “cracking down on those illegals”. God, what waste of time.
tried to sneak it through, didn’t they? glad y’all called them on it.
Tracy and Ketron are asking where the money went? Aren’t they the ones that claimed they secured it? Talk about double faced double talk. Tracy and Ketron took credit for it last year. Now they run to the media pretending like they have no idea what’s going on to cover up their closed door deal to kill it. Pure hypocrisy.