DeSantis' Surgeon General has a "no work, no show" job.

[hay rick]

The Sun Sentinel recently ran a story on Dr. Joe Ladapo's side hustle. See the story here: http://bitly.ws/ETyu

In addition to his $250,000 salary as Florida's Surgeon General, Ladapo receives $262,000 from the University of Florida. The article describes his duties and actual work for the university so far:

Ladapo’s contract at UF requires him to do research and clinical teaching, but the only documented research at UF is Institutional Review Board approval for a single study on reducing cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected adults, the university said in response to multiple public records requests.

When questioned about his job duties at UF, Ladapo told lawmakers on April 24 he has given academic talks and taught in two courses at the university – one on health policy and one on HIV. UF public records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel indicate he gave a single guest lecture in each of those courses, which were taught by other professors.

He told lawmakers at the April 24 ethics committee meeting he has plans to teach in the future.

[flying_wahini]

1. So in return for kissing his ass he got a cushy job.

No surprise here. It IS DeSantis, you know.
Despicable people.

[Shipwack]

7. That's -two- cushy jobs...

"Working" for Desantisb and the University.

I"d be doing much better in life if it weren't for this pesky "moral code" thing...

[IronLionZion]

2. Nobody wants to work anymore!

It amazes me the type of people who graduate with advanced degrees from Harvard. This dude has an MD and PHD from there.

[bagimin]

3. He can teach a course

in incompetence.

[young_at_heart]

4. He got $262,000 for that?

I wonder how many hours the rest of us would need to put in to earn $262,000? I realize he should earn more than most of us since he is a doctor, but something about this story stinks!

[hay rick]

5. Sadly, the gangster/crony part is the less dangerous part of the Ladapo story.

Of much greater concern is his anti-vax posturing, his acceptance of political convenience as a driver of public health policy, and his willingness to ignore and hide data that doesn't support his preferred narrative.

[3catwoman3]

6. Notice the careful wording of...

…”taught in,” as opposed to taught.

[obamanut2012]

8. Rules for thee but not for me

[Captain Zero]

9. Isn't two paid jobs in government a big no-no? Of course, maybe not in Florida

I thought it was a crime in the federal government.

[world wide wally]

10. Republicans have a culture of corruption

[gratuitous]

11. If I say I plan to teach at the University of Florida someday

Can I have $262,000? I know that Republicans, fiscally responsible folks they like to style themselves as, are just death on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. Maybe they can stop fretting (for just a moment) about some single mother of three getting $7 too much in monthly SNAP benefits and look into this? If their super busy schedule permits, of course.