From the Palm Beach Post editorial board this morning:

Sen. King has been in the Legislature since 1987. As a former House majority leader and Senate president, he’s been one of Tallahassee’s most powerful legislators. If he had wanted to make the university system great, it would be. It isn’t. It’s good, but far from one of the country’s best.

Yet Sen. King touts that political experience as a qualification to run the university system. Why, he’d even resign his Senate seat if chosen, presumably trying to distinguish himself from Rep. Ray Sansom, R-Destin, who quit as speaker because he got a six-figure job at Northwest Florida College after steering millions to the institution.

But does Sen. King want the job because he has a plan to make the system great? No. He has a plan to make himself some money.

Read the entire piece here.

Tags: Jim King, university system

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