Did a Powerful Florida State Senator Threaten a College Student?
In a potential bombshell story from the St. Petersburg Times, it appears that Senator J.D. Alexander threatened the student representative to the Board of Governors.
TAMPA — A collective gasp swept across the room.
Michael Long, the lone student member of the Florida Board of Governors, had just told the audience that Sen. J.D. Alexander threatened to stop supporting higher education if the board didn’t make the University of South Florida Polytechnic the state’s 12th public university.
Heads turned to Alexander, sitting right behind Long. The senator remained silent.
Long continued.
“He is leveling his power in the Legislature,” Long said. “I do not feel very well represented by J.D.
