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Monday, August 14, 2006
Ouch! University president going to prison?
(Priscilla Slade appears in court)
Wow. Earlier this year, my pal Matt Tresauge, higher education reporter at the Houston Chronicle, began writing about the odd spending habits of Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade, such as letting the university pick up the tab for $138,000 worth of landscaping at her million-dollar mansion.
Tresauge’s stories have continued to unearth more questionable financial dealings. Now a grand jury has indicted Slade and her lieutenants on charges that could send her to prison!
(The don’t kid around about law enforcement in Texas.)
Altogether, an investigation now alleges $1.9 million in mis-spending on furniture, entertainment, artwork, club memberships and spa treatments, Tresauge writes.
How nice did Slade’s landscaping look? Well, she just sold the place to Mario Williams, the NFL’s top draft choice who went to the Houston Texans, for $1.5 million. Now that’s curb appeal!
(Image credit: Houston Chronicle)
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