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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Sansom's credibilty gone, Palm Beach Post

December 14, 2008


Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom, R-Destin, just doesn't know when it's time to quit.

Seriously.

He should have quit, either as speaker or as a vice president at Northwest Florida State College, when it was reported that the college hired him last month for $110,000 in a sweetheart arrangement after Rep. Sansom finagled $200,000 from a shrinking state budget for a "leadership institute" at the school. As The Post reported, he faxed the job application from his House office.

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