The News Herald : Coley gets millions for employer’s arts center, raise same year // Read Audit
MARIANNA ? At the July 2009 groundbreaking for Chipola College?s new center for the arts, college president Gene Prough touted the planned 56,000-square-foot facility as ?a showplace for the performing arts in the Panhandle.?
Prough thanked Marti Coley, whose titles include both state representative and special assistant to Prough at Chipola, for helping the arts center become a reality. At the college, Coley?s responsibilities include soliciting ?financial support from individuals, corporations, foundations and government entities,? according to a job description approved by Prough in June 2008.
In the fundraising arena, she has proven to be a success.
During the 2007 legislative session, Coley, as lawmaker, got $11 million allocated toward the $16 million project, according to state budget documents reviewed by The News Herald.
Later that year, an unadvertised staff position was created for Coley, who had been working for the college on a contractual basis. That position ultimately upped Coley?s salary by 33 percent, a move that became a point of contention for instructors who said they hadn?t received decent raises in years.
MARIANNA ? At the July 2009 groundbreaking for Chipola College?s new center for the arts, college president Gene Prough touted the planned 56,000-square-foot facility as ?a showplace for the performing arts in the Panhandle.?
Prough thanked Marti Coley, whose titles include both state representative and special assistant to Prough at Chipola, for helping the arts center become a reality. At the college, Coley?s responsibilities include soliciting ?financial support from individuals, corporations, foundations and government entities,? according to a job description approved by Prough in June 2008.
In the fundraising arena, she has proven to be a success.
During the 2007 legislative session, Coley, as lawmaker, got $11 million allocated toward the $16 million project, according to state budget documents reviewed by The News Herald.
Later that year, an unadvertised staff position was created for Coley, who had been working for the college on a contractual basis. That position ultimately upped Coley?s salary by 33 percent, a move that became a point of contention for instructors who said they hadn?t received decent raises in years.
Do they think noone will ever notice or question these things!
