Columbia Gorge Community College President Frank Toda says he sent an e-mail to CGCC Board of Education members Thursday afternoon taking a proposal to close the school’s Indian Creek campus in Hood River out of his deficit reduction plan.  Toda had made the proposal to the Board on Tuesday night, citing an anticipated $1,600,000 imbalance in expenditures and revenues that could grow to $2,000,000 if no action is taken.  Toda said he works for the CGCC board, noted the closure was the last of seven action items in his reduction plan, and says he has written an e-mail to the board taking that out of play.   In the e-mail he says “it appears the majority of the board feels very strongly about keeping the Hood River campus open, and therefore I will immediately remove it from my deficit reduction plan.”  Toda says he saw a Hood River closure as the quickest way to save the school money, about $250,000 to $500,000, and he noted it is critical to move on the financial situation quickly and he does not want to be distracted or split in multiple directions.  Board member Stu Watson says he and other board members are distressed they had not been engaged in any extensive discussions about pending budget shortfalls, but Toda says he has included the instability of funding sources, particularly from the state, in his budget messages during the last decade with added urgency the last three years.