Slade's infamous furniture goes into storage

Had you been hanging around ex-TSU President Priscilla Slade's ex-house yesterday, you would have had the chance to see just what a $9,000 couch and a $17,000 bed look like: Moving crews began removing Slade's infamous furniture from the house, clearing out for new owners who are expected to move in today.

We reported last month that Slade had put her Memorial Park-area home up for sale, and it apparently has sold, though it hasn't been reported how close the sale came to the $1.8 million asking price. The lavish furniture, of course, was part of the original set of questionable expenses that eventually led the TSU regents to dismiss Slade. She said the cost of the furniture was jusified because she used her private home for university-related functions, but she only held a handful of events at home during her time at TSU. (The furniture expense, by the way, totaled more than $86,000, just a fraction of the nearly $1 million auditors say Slade spent without permission while she was president.)

The furniture is in storage awaiting a new TSU president and Slade has moved to a smaller home. She still has a lawsuit pending against the university, claiming the regents didn't follow due process in her dismissal, and is awaiting the outcome of Harris County grand jury investigation.