UF spending $300K on new swimming pool for incoming university President Ben Sasse
The University of Florida (UF) is making sure its newly hired President, former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, can dive into the job: It’s spending $300,000 to build a new swimming pool behind the stately mansion where Sasse will live with his family, the school confirmed.
Construction on the expensive addition to the 7,400-square-foot, four-bedroom mansion — provided to Sasse at no cost — started in November and is nearly complete, ahead of his first day as UF’s new President on campus next month. Beyond a perimeter fence, mounds of dirt and pallets of pavers were set to the left of the house, promising a finished pool in the coming weeks.
A university spokesman, Steve Orlando, said Sasse...
