Monday, January 14, 2013
Higher education Former UCA president Meadors strikes plea bargain
Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:33 AM
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (link corrected) on-line that former UCA President Allen Meadors has pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge of an FOI violation and received a $250 fine in a case that began as a record tampering misdemeanor charge. Meadors was accused of destroying a letter that revealed a campus food service vendor's offer to provide $700,000 for a president's home project was related to a contract extension.
Now. Can we look into that $5 million worth of budget busting in the University of Arkansas advancement division and perhaps shine some sunshine on unaccounted money funneled into that operation from the UA foundation?
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