My column revealing the sweetheart deal Arkansas State University gave private entity Cobblestone to sell liquor on campus disturbed Jeff Hankins, the Vice President for Strategic Communications and Economic Development for the Arkansas State University System.
Robert Steinbuch s column in the Perspective section of Jan. 29 contains gross inaccuracies, accusations of illegalities/wrongdoings, and omission of his direct involvement in a lawsuit against Arkansas State University. A factual review of what he wrote follows:
Should attorneys have the right to bring a gun into an Arkansas courthouse? That is the question presently before the Arkansas Supreme Court in a lawsuit filed by Conway attorney Chris Corbitt.
A Little Rock attorney denied entry three years ago into the Pulaski County District Courthouse in Little Rock while carrying a weapon took his case to the state Supreme Court Thursday seeking the right for him and other attorneys to legally carry firearms into courthouses around the state as "officers of the court."
A law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has amended his complaint against the university with the Arkansas State Claims Commission, adding information he feels buttresses his claims.