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Sasse Grifting UF

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by 108, Aug 12, 2024.

  1. wgbgator

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    Now I'm kinda wondering if the "I'm gonna step down to look after my wife" thing was him saving face ahead of this story
     
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  2. wgbgator

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    Well, he's no longer university president, so there's that
     
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  3. obgator

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    Grifters gonna grift…
     
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  4. GatorNorth

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    So a public university paying off site political consultants who generate no work product and otherwise provide no deliverables is “doing good” ?

    I don’t care who in either party commissioned the work, it’s pathetic. But solely because Sasse is a Republican, you like it.

    Our country is hopelessly broken.
     
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  5. l_boy

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    what is this referring to?
     
  6. BLING

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    He’s definitely NOT a lightweight…


    …at the grifting game.
     
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  7. G8trGr8t

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    he was chosen due to his partisan leanings by a very partisan politician. this is pub problem.

    if the dems did the same, I would feel the same way.

    how is this legal under the sunshine law?
     
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  8. antny1

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    “In Sasse’s first full fiscal year at the university’s helm, travel expenses for the president’s office soared to $633,000 — over 20 times higher than Fuchs’ annual average of $28,000. Sasse spent more on travel in his 17 months at UF than Fuchs’ entire eight-year tenure.”

    Imagine reading this and someone's response is..."good for him derp derp. My tax money finally doing work derp derp."

    Pathetic
     
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  9. orangeblue_coop

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    MAGAs in the football forum would’ve had a collective stroke if a liberal UF president channeled millions to his liberal cronies. They will ignore this since Sassy Sasse was a crooked righty.
     
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  10. thomadm

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    I bitched when he was hired, and everyone shat on me for saying he wasnt good for UF.

    Now the Alligator piece is all a hit job. It was known when he was hired these folks were going to be on the payroll. So right after he steps down, throw a story out and start off with 'Publican' hit piece. God damn the media is corrupt, I know who the author is voting for before even finishing the article.

    Believe whom you want and read what you want. Either way, you are not getting the truth.
     
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  11. sierragator

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    I'm sure he will go back to barking about fiscal responsibility after this. The hypocrisy is a large part of the blowback.
     
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  12. G8trGr8t

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    have we kept his overpaid cronies on the payroll
     
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  13. PITBOSS

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    If true as reported, he saw Florida as a cash-cow and took advantage. Don’t they have checks in place for this?
     
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  14. archigator_96

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    He should have directed that money to our NIL. Having national champ teams will generate WAY more money than a bunch of crappy consultants.
     
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  15. wgbgator

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    Yeah, some turd working on a laptop in DC doing a made up job for almost $700,000 vs. a 5 star lineman. Tough choice!
     
  16. archigator_96

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    I would take enough players to win championships in the following consistently, in no particular order:
    Softball
    Basketball (mens and womens)
    Football
    Baseball
    and Soccer.
    (that softball natty was REALLY fun)
     
  17. gatordavisl

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    No doubt. Even the prez should have a specified travel budget. Hell, when faculty receive a grant to attend a conference, they have to provide a receipt for a friggin' bottle of water at the airport, document the expense in accordance with the grant proposal, do a happy dance for the bookkeeper and jump down, turn around, pick a bail of cotton in order to reconcile a $2.79 expense.
     
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  18. docspor

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    Shame on UF. This should not happen. They may bitch & moan, but I bet they won’t fix a damn thing.
     
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  19. G8R92

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    Sasse when called out by the University Board of Trustees:

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  20. staticgator

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    Have you not noticed the last 8 years that checks & balances is just based on the honor system?
     
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