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Metropolitan Community College in Omaha intends to file a lawsuit against all the other community colleges in the state. This according to Omaha attorney Bob Cannella on Wednesday. Cannella will represent Metro in the proceedings. Cannella told the Bulletin, “Metro’s position is that they have lost $9-10 million dollars in state aid due to what the other community colleges did.” When asked what he meant by “did,” Cannella said that question would be answered when the lawsuit was filed. He estimated that would happen in the next seven to 10 days. Eastern Nebraska media outlets reported earlier Wednesday that the lawsuit would be filed in Lancaster County. However, Cannella told the Bulletin, “We’re actually reconsidering that. We may file it here in Douglas County.” Mid Plains Community College Director of Public Information and Marketing Chuck Salestrom was reached for comment, though he flatly declined to do so. “Due to the pending litigation we’re not going to be talking about that,” he stated. When asked to shed some light on the acrimonious relationship between Metro and Nebraska’s other community colleges, Salestrom also refused, saying only that the animosity was nothing new. Earlier this year, Metropolitan was booted from the state’s community college association for failing to pay its yearly dues in full, according to a report from 10/11 News. Metro countered by saying it withheld the money in protest of what it perceived as “unfair treatment” from the other schools. It is unclear at this time what impact that event had on the imminent lawsuit.
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