LETTER: Public needed to hold EAC accountable

Editor:
Much controversy has been recently written about the management of
Gila County Community College (GCC) which is dictated under a management contract with Eastern Arizona College (EAC). The Governing Board of the GCC answers to EAC and has little to no control over the decision making of GCC. Meanwhile, at stake is the spending of an over $5 Million annual budget including $3 million of taxpayor money derived from Gila County property taxes.

A bi-annual opportunity to amend the EAC management contract is available if the Governing Board votes to do so at the scheduled Board Meeting this week. The Board Meeting is on Thursday, March 25, at 10:00 A.M. in Room 402 on the GCC Campus at Mud Springs Road and Arizona Highway 260.

An example of the ethics of the EAC Management is demonstrated in the account of a recent audit report on EAC from the Arizona Auditor General Office.

Your attendance at the Thursday Meeting in support of amendments that will be presented to the Governing Board may make the difference in their passing.

See you there!

Jim Hippel, Citizens Awareness Committee Co-chair
Bill Michaelis, Citizens Awareness Committee Co-chair

(Editor's note: For an account of the recent audit report mentioned above, click EDUCATION at the right and scroll down.)