Friday, April 20, 2007
Haha!
So, Vishal settled that Student Life Fee referendum case thingie for one censure, since there wasn't much point for the hearing. Still, check out this from the settlement:
Currently, SG Kozak is pursuing one censure against the Student Life Fee Referendum for a single flier posted by tape to a non-public posting area of Wheeler Hall. The single flier can be seen in several angles in the evidence submitted with the Charge Sheet, and it is a very clear violation of the ASUC By-laws in Title IV (Elections By-laws).
The defendant (Mr. Gupta) does not deny that this took place, and that it was likely done by a supporter of the referendum. However, the Mr. Gupta wishes to make clear that all individuals who campaigned for the Student Life Fee Referendum were educated about all the rules of campaigns. The individual involved in this incident was clearly uninformed, and thus not directly related to the organized campaign itself. Nonetheless, it was a mistake made and a violation of Title IV. "He broke the rules, therefore he couldn't possibly have been part of our campaign!" If he actually believed that, by the way, it would not be a violation of Title IV, since the referenda aren't punished for actions by those not related to their campaign. But I don't think his argument is anywhere near legitimate. The fact that campaigners weren't supposed to break the rules is used as evidence for the claim that it wasn't done by a campaigner. Great.
(Note that he doesn't argue that it isn't clear that the violator is part of the campaign, which is accurate. Instead, he argues that his campaign staff is completely incapable of error.)
Taking responsibility: Not DONE!
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