Scary!

Nothing's scarier than George Washington.

The attorney for DAAP, George B. Washington of Detroit law firm Scheff & Washington P.C., said he will file suit in court if the council rules in favor of Upshaw and may still consider filing a suit even if the charges are dropped or the council rules in favor of the party.

I hope everyone is paying attention, and hasn't forgotten what happened last time. Even if they win the case, DAAP will still try to score attorney fees for, apparently, the cost of hiring a lawyer to threaten the ASUC. It will actually probably put the ASUC in a better legal position to find DAAP guilty. Will Himelstein advise the Judicial Council to ignore their obligations and find them guilty this time?

ASUC Attorney Mark Himelstein said he did not have an opinion to offer because ASUC officials have not asked him to evaluate the letter or the issue.

Yeah, they should probably get on that. Not that they should expect much from Himelstein.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 5/07/2007 12:08:00 AM #
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My theory is that DAAP is evidence of CIA infaltration into the ASUC. God, those people are so inane. When will voters realize they are the most ineffective, do-nothing party on the Berkeley campus? It's seriously a victory for the students to have them NOT represented in the Senate next year (esp. by the worst senator, Dimitri Garcia).

# posted by  Anonymous : 12:17 AM, May 07, 2007

 

Clearly voters realized that, since DAAP lost badly this year. If this goes to court I can see the face of the judge when he realizes that DAAP actually lost in the election and thus has absolutely nothing to gain from suing. Funny.

# posted by  Anonymous : 12:22 AM, May 07, 2007

 

DAAP has money to gain from suing. That's why they sue. They didn't have anything but money to gain last time, either.

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 12:23 AM, May 07, 2007

 

the money was for attorneys fees, fees that are only created by suing in the first place so that makes no sense

# posted by  Anonymous : 1:00 AM, May 07, 2007

 

That's why they needed to bring the lawyers in before the decision, so they can claim credit for the victory and thus be "entitled" to attorney's fees.

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 10:22 AM, May 07, 2007

 

Anyone notice the Himmelstein (otherwise known as Mr. Incompetent) was the one that directed DAAP's ire at Rosezetta and the J Council? He was personally contacted, and rather than dealing with it, informing Rosezetta, or even doing something like what he's paid to do (represent the ASUC, right?) he told them to take it up with Rosezetta. Because the legal beagles misspelled her email address, she didn't even hear about the letter until it was forwarded to her yesterday!

# posted by  Anonymous : 12:08 PM, May 07, 2007

 

DAAPs message: We are above the ASUC by-laws and any challenge to this infringes our 1st amendment rights.

Why don't they just argue their case rationally in front of the Jcouncil instead of send threats to the plaintiff and ASUC?

# posted by  Anonymous : 6:05 PM, May 07, 2007

 

Mark is the worst lawyer the asuc could have. He hardly defends it and is not proactive when needed. Wherever you stand in what happened last summer with student action, I know there was so much more Mark could have done to ease the tensions but instead he did nothing. The ASUC pays too much money for what little he does.

# posted by  Manuel Buenrostro : 9:43 AM, May 09, 2007

 

That was noted during budgeting this year, but the Auxiliary came down on the side of "We need quality representation and shouldn't skimp" or some crap. Student Action loves being the university's bitch, so that was the end of that.

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 10:25 AM, May 09, 2007

 

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