GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he awarded secretive consulting contracts and gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S.
FILE - U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse , R-Neb., listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2022. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he awarded secretive consulting contracts and gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S.
“Yes, I persuaded almost a dozen folks who had worked with me in one or more of my last three jobs, both in and out of politics, to join in this important work — as basically all arriving CEOs do,” Sasse wrote. Some got raises “because they are super-talented folks who had competing opportunities and offers.”“I am confident that the expenditures under discussion were proper and appropriate,” he said.
Taylor Silva, Sasse’s former Senate press secretary, was given the new position of assistant vice president of presidential communications and public affairs. The job has an annual salary of $232,000. Silva did move to Gainesville. No contact information for Silva could be located. Silva is not listed in the university directory.Besides his former staffers, Sasse hired two others with strong Republican Party ties.
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