Gordon Gee Is Extremely Costly

Dayton Daily News:

Gee’s spending is kept out of the public eye because it can be tallied only by examining multiple reports, including the quarterly discretionary expense reports delivered to the trustees and not easily obtainable by others. The Daily News first requested records documenting Gee’s work day, housing, American Express statements, travel expenses, discretionary spending reports and other data in September 2011. The university did not fully respond to the request until August 2012.
Those records show Gee stays in luxury hotels, dines at country clubs and swank restaurants, throws lavish parties, flies on private jets and hands out thousands of gifts — all at public expense.
The Daily News investigation found the university spent more than $895,000 for gatherings at the Pizzuti House, the president’s mansion, between April 2008 and June 2011. That works out to be about $23,000 a month — a little less than the average cost of a wedding.
The university spends tens of thousands of dollars alone branding Gee around his signature bow ties. Since 2007, Ohio State has spent more than $64,000 on bow ties, bow tie cookies and O-H and bow tie pins for Gee and others to distribute, the newspaper found.

$64,000 on bow ties and shit?  I have never understood how that weenie can make so much money being in charge of a state university, or what makes big donors love him so much.  I will say though that I love the Belushi and Ferris Bueller posters in the office, even though I would never want to hang out with that dork.  I don't understand how Ohio Republican politicians can defend his salary and luxury lifestyle, so he must really draw in the big bucks from other rich folks.  I guess its a pretty good gig if you got it.