HOUSTON
In the keynote address to Texas Southern University graduates, Texas state Rep. Harold Dutton sharply criticized the school’’s Board of Regents for their handling of fired president Priscilla Slade.
“You (regents) are directly responsible for the unsuccessful management and government of TSU,” said Dutton, a Houston Democrat and TSU alumnus.
The regents were sitting on a nearby platform while Dutton addressed the school’s summer graduates Saturday. Through a spokeswoman, TSU Board Chairman J. Paul Johnson later said he felt that commenting on Hutton’s remarks would be inappropriate.
Slade, 54, was fired by the regents in June following accusations she misspent hundreds of thousands of school dollars to furnish and landscape her home. A grand jury indicted her earlier this week on two charges of criminally misusing university money for her private benefit.
