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| Oren Paris III - Ecclesia College, the only work-study college in the state. |
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| Support your local weed-study college. "The moment you blaze up, another student gets a tuition discount at Ecclesia College." But that dream went up in smoke. |
Lock him up | Max Brantley | Arkansas news, politics, opinion, restaurants, music, movies and art:
"This scandal was huge. Had Neal not blown the whistle, Woods had really big plans for Ecclesia College. He talked of making it a beneficiary of the tax on medical marijuana at one point. At another, he drew up a plan to have it qualify for a special higher education appropriation as a "work-study" institution. He also was the architect of the measure that lengthened term limits, watered down new ethics rules and restored the public treasury as a source of taxpayer subsidies for chambers of commerce. Everybody under the Capitol dome loved him. He was building a Louisiana-sized swamp."
GJ - Note that the state bans giving churches tax money, and Ecclesia College calls itself a church. On that basis they refuse to say what they did with all the money, though it is known they paid too much for 50 acres of land. With 200 acres already owned, they did not need more land for 100 or so students.
The law-makers passed the special appropriation for any and all "work-study" college. There are only about seven in the US, and only one in Arkansas - Ecclesia College.
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| Get a diploma and a career in agricultural sales. |
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