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Fla. Gov. calls for suspension of FAMU president
TweetTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's governor wants the president of Florida A&M University suspended amid multiple investigations spurred by a drum major's death.
Republican Rick Scott called the chairman of the FAMU board today and asked him to suspend James Ammons immediately. The board met last week and discussed suspending Ammons, but instead voted to publicly reprimand him. The board meets again Monday.
It was Scott who ordered Florida's law-enforcement agency to join an investigation into the death of Marching 100 band member Robert Champion. He died after a FAMU football game last month and hazing is suspected in his death.
State law enforcement officials said earlier this week they have opened a second investigation into possible criminal violations dealing with the band's finances.
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This guy should be fired.
The Florida governor should be in jail for the Medicare fraud his company perpetrated a few years ago . He is more of a hypocrite than Kasich, if that's possible. This guy paid a multi million dollar fine and walked, then bought his way into the governor's mansion of Florida. He is not one to talk about shame and guilt. He is all too guilty himself.