ARTICLES CONCERNING
HOW MONEY IS SPENT
(January 7, 2011) Dear USM News, Dear usmnews, I personally . . . prefer if you would just consider this an
anonymous tip for your website. In your article, Some Curious Thanksgiving-Eve Restructuring in Communications
Office, you said, “... and that any future revelation that Payne is related to the Payne family of USM financial
backers only means that this story goes from bad to worse.”
(January 26, 2011) Keeping the Home Fires Burning How the USM Plane can Help a Marriage Remain Fresh and
New So much has been written about USM’s $2 million lease of a Beechcraft King Air airplane, yet new revelations
continue to emerge that add to the already large story. USMNEWS.net just recently received a new batch of
documents regarding USM president Martha Saunders’ use of the university airplane. Again, the documents do not
disappoint, as the insert below shows.
(January 26, 2011) Smooth Skies . . . Close Friends Flying the Friendly Skies to St. Pete Thanks to a new pile of
official documents, USMNEWS.net readers are about to learn more regarding USM’s participation in the 2010 Beef
‘O’ Brady’s Bowl, a game the Eagles lost to Louisville. The insert below presents the official invoice for USM
president Martha Saunder’s trip to St. Petersburg, FL, to attend that holiday event.
(January 27, 2011) Subventions Return A Guest Editorial As a regular follower of this website for some time now, I
can say that the news and editorials that appear here are well received by many readers. Your recent Special Report
about the new “University Historian,” Bo Morgan, who is assigned to the “Office Of President,” jogged the memory
bank.
