Rufus’ support on FAMU Board of Trustees remaining steady as Mangum’s declines

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Rufus Montgomery appears to be headed to an easy reelection as the chairman of the FAMU Board of Trustees next week.

Back on April 8, Rufus won the race to serve out the remainder of the term of former Chairman Chuck Badger. Badger left the Board of Trustees on March 27, 2015 when Gov. Rick Scott replaced him with new Trustee Robert Woody.

Badger had been a supporter of FAMU President Elmira Mangum.

The election of Rufus, Mangum’s biggest critic, showed that the tide was changing on the Board of Trustees. Torey Alston, Lucas Boyce, Bettye Grable, Tonnette Graham, Kelvin Lawson, Spurgeon McWilliams, Kimberly Moore, and Woody all voted for him.

Mangum supporters Marjorie Turnbull, Belinda Shannon, and Karl White gave their support to losing candidate Cleve Warren. Turnbull later left the board.

So far, it doesn’t look like Warren will run again. But there is word that some of the remaining Mangum supporters might vote “no” against the expected motion to reelect Rufus.

Last month, the Florida Board of Governors said that it will review the claims from a group of FAMU alumni in the legislature who said that Rufus’ treatment of Mangum has been “bordering dangerously close to bullying.” But it doesn’t look like that will stop Rufus from getting enough votes to stay on as the chairman.

If Rufus is reelected as expected, then he will serve a full two-year term that will end in August 2017.

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