In a social media post, Rep. Alex Andrade (R-Pensacola) criticized Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier for supplementing his nearly $150,000 yearly salary with a lucrative $100,000 gig as an adjunct law professor at the University of Florida (UF). The gig requires that he teach for two hours a week.
“The unelected AG, @JamesUthmeierFL, says his overpaid, taxpayer-funded side gig is justified because his $150,000 salary as AG simply “isn’t enough to keep the lights on.” What world is he living in?” Andrade wrote.
The Miami Herald first reported on his big-time gig. Uthmeier makes around $140K as attorney general, bringing his total pay to $240K…