Blunt's Higher Education Cuts/Backdoor Tax Hike

It looks as if an “anonymous tip” has caused the NJCAA to examine the booster club and basketball program at TRCC.  If there is a problem that is further proof the leadership at TRCC has got to go!

The Blunt/Kinder axis decided to use The Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) as a political tool rather than allow the organization to serve the public interest by opening the doors of higher education.  Now, MOHELA will have to cut several critical student benefit programs.  The damage to MOHELA was not even the result of a tax cut or spending cut but the result of gross mismanagement of the program by the Blunt/Kinder axis.  Higher Education in Missouri suffers for  Story Continued »

In the campaign for the board of Three Rivers Community College, as in most campaigns, the incumbent points at successes and tries to diminish the importance of his or her failures.  For Stanard and Turner, success means the college has not yet had to shut down.  Sure, things are worse than they’ve ever been.  Nine superintendents, the head of a vocational technical program, Southeast Missouri Hospital, and Southeast Missouri State University do not want Three Rivers Community College  Story Continued »

The incumbent members of the Three Rivers Community College are boasting they spend $1,000,000 dollars of the college's $17,000,000 budget (5.9%) on athletics. 

While this figure may be disputed, the incumbents who are running the college into the ground seem to suddenly have amnesia when asked, "How much does Three Rivers Community College spend on attorneys' and legal fees?"

When asked for copies of the budget under the sunshine law the board members suddenly seem to get angry.

Three Rivers Community College had their lobbyist and their president thank the Blunt/Kinder axis for the two million dollars all community colleges in the state of Missouri are to receive as a result of the Lewis and Clark Initiative. Of course no mention was made of the serious long term mistake the Lewis and Clark Initiative is or how the result is even higher tuition for Missourians.

Three Rivers Community College is attempting to open a facility in Cape Girardeau County.  This is part of their ongoing war with Southeast Missouri State University and is NOT about educating people.  Mineral Area College has an excellent working relationship with Southeast Missouri State University and is the logical choice to extend Community College services to the region.

Despite claiming a “secret plan” to put a facility in Cape Girardeau County it seems Three Rivers Community College administrators hit a road block.  The gang running TRCC into the ground had recently announced a plan to open the facility and ignore the wants of Southeast Missouri State University, the people of Cape Girardeau County, and taxpayers throughout Southeast Missouri.  The plan seemed to entail putting in the  Story Continued »