Everybody wants a piece of Jeb Bush this week.

First, a group of Florida legislators announced they would right what they see as a terrible wrong against the former governor. University of Florida faculty members recently declined to make Jeb an honorary alumni of the school, which, if we might mention in passing, just took the NCAA basketball championship for the second year in a row, along with the national football championship.

So you couldn’t blame Jeb if he wanted to be a Gator.

Calling a recent snub of Jeb Bush an insult, state lawmakers demanded Tuesday that the University of Florida find a new way to honor the former governor. Their solution: Rename the UF College of Education after the Republican governor…

”I don’t think anyone would disagree that Jeb Bush had a passion for education,” said Rep. David Rivera [R - Miami], who sponsored the proposal. Rivera acknowledged the decision by the UF faculty sparked his decision to push the legislation, which would require putting Bush’s name on the building and changing all maps, brochures and college catalogs.

Actually, quite a number of people disagree, many of them at the University of Florida. Jeb’s legacy for Florida’s public education system was to undercut and underfund it in an underhanded attempt to divert public dollars to private institutions.

One editorial said Rivera’s end run does no honor to young Bush.

There’s an old saying that the politics in academia are so nasty because the stakes are so small. Apparently, the same can be said about the Legislature…

Aside from the fact that it’s seldom a good idea to name a public edifice after a living politician (who knows what the future holds?), this bit of legislative mischief mocks both the Bush “legacy” and the integrity of campus-based decision making.

Not to mention that Jeb is an asshole. But don’t worry, others want him.