Report to guv, Legislature: FAMU finances fixed

The task force formed last year in response to lawmakers' concerns over financial mismanagement at FAMU has ended its work -- concluding in a report to the governor, Senate president and House speaker that Florida's only public historically black institution has taken steps to deal with most of the problems identified in past state audits.

“President Ammons and his administration have been persistent and aggressive in putting corrective measures in place," said task force chair Lynn Pappas, a member of the Board of Governors. “FAMU has laid the foundation to restore financial operational integrity and public trust.”

The FAMU Task Force’s final report will be released next week. The group got $1-million in state money for its work, but finished on time and under budget. So the remaining $250,000 goes back to the state.

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[sean davis]

No comments yet? Had it been something bad about FAMU there would have been 30 comments by now.

Two thumbs up! Go Rattlers!

Umm.... there aren't any comments because everybody knows what a crock this report will be. How many times in the last year have we heard FAMU delare that they have "fixed" their problems? More than I can count.

The reason FAMU still exists is simple -- while certain entities are envious of the buildings, nobody wants their students or employees.

FAMU's problems haven't been fixed, they've only been covered up!

By the way, how is the FAMU lab school doing - still an "F" school or did it finally improve to a "D"?

[Afinbro]

I am newly registered first time voter, a natural born citizen of the United States of America, of hispanic descent and live Texas. My father is a naturalized citizen who served in our Navy as a young man and has achieved more in this country, our United States of America, than ever possible in any other country. Though I have never been interested in politics before, this election has compelled me for the love of our country, the freedoms we all take for granted too often, and each individual who does all they can to continue towards a "more perfect union". Our country needs us all to educate everyone around each one of us as to our basic voting rights.

That being said, I am terrified, I have been watching news reports, TV and online, and there have been multiple tactics by GOP to keep the student vote down in many swing states: Colorado, Virginia, Wisconsin and probably many more.

There are flyers and rumors circulating amongst students (written in a manner that seems to be coming from other students to make these messages sound more authentic) that if they vote they can A) risk losing their scholarships or B) be arrested for parking tickets. IF they do actually vote, they will be directed to use provisional ballots. There are also flyers being distributed in Virginia and no doubt other states that say that a recent decision was made by the state legislature to hold two polling days due to the extremely high projected turnout. The flyer states for Republicans to vote on Tuesday, November 4th and Democrats to vote on Wednesday, November 5th.

These lies are very very scary. We must all do what we can to reassure students and all voters that these are ALL suppression tactics to try to steal the election from Barack. We cannot allow this to happen!

It is our constitutional right to vote, and all Americans must know this, and know that anyone who is trying to suppress your vote is suspect for fraud. This comes down to the collective hope we all have for our country and therefore we must all work to have Barack Obama in the White House as our next President of the United States.

Share these tactics with everyone you know and let them know what GOP is trying to do.