DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISPLAY FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY SITUATION. In response to inquiry about obtaining information on student enrollment at Harrisburg University, Dauphin County Commissioners Jeff Haste and George Hartwick express their indignation at the defaulted Harrisburg University's loans the County gave the flailing institute. Hartwick states, "As one Commissioner, I'm not going to give future commitments of revenue to HU until they're able to meet the obligations and the promises that have been set forth thus far." Since 2010, it is Commissioner Haste who is highlighted as being the decision maker of how to proceed in the agreements to loan Harrisburg University a total of $3.7 million in Unrestricted Gaming Funds (as evidenced by a series of correspondence between the University and the County). In this video, Commissioner Haste defensively states, the "loans" could have been "grants," which would have meant the University would not have to pay back the money it asked for in order to confront its fiscal crisis.---Tara Leo Auchey

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