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Thursday, January 20, 2005

ONE GOOD SUBLUXATION
DESERVES ANOTHER


"Now, prompted by the debate raging over the future of a plan for a chiropractic school at Florida State University, [Florida Senate President Tom] Lee wants to keep lobbyists from serving on boards that govern the state's public universities, including the boards of trustees at each school and the statewide Board of Governors.

'We have 17.4 million Floridians,' said Lee, R-Brandon. 'We can't find 100 talented people who don't butter their bread with the Florida Legislature to serve on [these boards]? Give me a break.'

In the case of the universities, Lee wants to avoid the appearance of lobbyists being pressured by legislators to support programs such as the chiropractic school, funded last year by the Legislature at the insistence of FSU alum and then-Senate President Jim King -- even though the university did not then and still does not want it."
Posted at: 1/20/2005 09:05:00 AM