Ed Burr's "No one's told anyone I'm aware of how to vote" pull-quote

Today's Tallahassee Democrat quotes PSAC Chair and BOT member Ed Burr as saying, “I’ve never known of a fix to be in. No one’s told anyone I’m aware of how to vote." Yes, isn't that the beauty of stacking the deck in favor of one candidate over others? By stacking the search committee with friends, former colleagues, lobbyists, and business associates of Thrasher and Governor Scott? Let us not forget that Thrasher is Scott's reelection campaign chair, a job announced before Eric Barron left FSU. And hey, some of those folks have already been handed government positions by Scott, like Rep. Jimmy Patronis, who was just appointed by Scott to the Public Service Commission despite the fact that he has no experience.[1] And I love that former Speaker John McKay said that the survey results that show a whooping 87% of campus thinks Thrasher is unqualified for the job wasn't scientific. He based his entire vote on one former president's letter (and let's not forget, a former politician as well) rather than the hundreds of faculty, students, staff, and others who spent the time attending the forums and filling out the surveys. He said in a conversation with a few of our colleagues that faculty members are merely employees, and like other industries, apparently we shouldn't have a say in who becomes president. Hey, McKay, it's called shared governance, and we are not making widgets here. Insulting to say the least. As they are all scratching each other's political backs, the university's reputation is at stake.