Thursday, March 10, 2005
More web-free Daily Cal whining
(Oh, wait, there's the web. Still few articles from the previous days, though)
Class begins in the dark. Students sit silently with their eyes closed and relax into their chairs. The only sound is the professor, who speaks soothingly through the darkness.
Fascinating. Even more fascinating is that the picture of meditation accompanying this comment seems almost certainly to be taken in the light, not the darkness.
The city wants parking taxes. From university parking garages. You know, the ones that aren't on city land.
City officials responded by saying the bill would tax the people who park in the spaces, not the university.
"It isn't the campus that's being taxed," said [Assistant City Manager Arietta Chakos]. "It's really the consumer that's being taxed. This is a tax we get from every other entity. All people that park in Berkeley are paying that tax, and the UC doesn't."
The claim above seems to suggest that the city believes that anyone passing through Berkeley who parks somewhere nearby is subject to a parking tax. Why don't they claim parking tax from people who park in Ohio, but once were in Berkeley? It's the consumers being taxed, after all.
Even more interesting is that not all City Council members support the lawsuit for the LRDP, but those that do oppose it said so anonymously. Yeah, our elected officials are making their statements anonymously.
Finally, the tsunami relief money some students raised has not been sent. That's two people who're getting their food without a pretty little heart sticker.
"It's not going to be effective if it's sent later because people need it now," said BEARS-United presidential candidate Zach Liberman. "It really is a life and death situation. The longer we wait, the less impact it'll make."
Hey, ASUC-wannabe-dude. You do realize that you're already two months late, right? And that event occured more than a month and a half late?
Interestingly, Liberman and the wayward Wang, Billy, want a committee to be watch-dog to the ASUC's money. Because committees are so effective, you see.
"There seems to be so much irresponsibility and fiscal mismanagement," said Liberman, who co-sponsored Wang's bill. "We need to ensure that student's money is going back to the students."
Misplaced apostrophe aside, can a non-senator even co-sponsor bills? And that also aside, those are strong words coming from a dude who was trying to get the ASUC to send money away from students a few paragraphs ago.
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