State Sen. John E. Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, who led an unsuccessful attempt to split the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering during this year’s legislative session, is now the lone candidate for the Florida State University presidency.
The FSU search committee’s decision to interview Thrasher as the only candidate comes after months of rumors about under-the-table dealing to ensure that the job would be his before the search even officially started.
On Wednesday, the FSU Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida released a statement that announced it had “lost confidence in the current search” and was suspicion about the process being used “as cover for a predetermined political arrangement.”