Tuesday, March 20, 2012
20 March Senate update
...Wow. I will elaborate more tomorrow... but this was a level of absurdity I was just not prepared for.
Senate tonight
We have senate tonight at 7:30. I will be posting a summation of it afterwards. If you can make it tonight I highly recommend it. Senate meets in Room 282 of the Reitz Union.
W and the Allocations chair
Right on cue, the Alligator editorial board has this scathing article right before today's senate meeting.
March 20th Editorial
March 20th Editorial
Monday, March 19, 2012
The Newspaper Incident followup
Remember in the Senate Pro Tempore's apology, he mentioned a person by name. I will refer to her as W, and reprinting the article because I like you guys so much.
The Apology
Anyways, he mentioned that W was with him at the time he threw away 268 copies of the newspaper. That means she stood by as he committed the crime, said nothing while the Alligator was being slandered, and remained silent while the Pro Tempore denied any wrong doing. And who is she you asked? Why the former vice-chair of the Rules and Ethics committee.
W's role
The Student's Party has already called for her resignation.
This is the type of hypocrisy the Unite party is known for. The R and E committee is the one tasked with investigating allegations of wrong doing by government officials. And she was the vice chair of it. Literally, it is the "do as I say, not as I do" mentality.
And why do I refer to her as the former vice-chair? Because just yesterday she was appointed Chairwoman of the Allocation's Committee. Wonderful. In Unite, you fail upwards.
The Apology
Anyways, he mentioned that W was with him at the time he threw away 268 copies of the newspaper. That means she stood by as he committed the crime, said nothing while the Alligator was being slandered, and remained silent while the Pro Tempore denied any wrong doing. And who is she you asked? Why the former vice-chair of the Rules and Ethics committee.
W's role
The Student's Party has already called for her resignation.
This is the type of hypocrisy the Unite party is known for. The R and E committee is the one tasked with investigating allegations of wrong doing by government officials. And she was the vice chair of it. Literally, it is the "do as I say, not as I do" mentality.
And why do I refer to her as the former vice-chair? Because just yesterday she was appointed Chairwoman of the Allocation's Committee. Wonderful. In Unite, you fail upwards.
The newspaper incident
As I stated, this blog was meant to expose the corruption and absurdity of the UF Senate under the Unite Party. Well, looks like it's time I began. This incident occurred during the most recent election. This is going to be a long post.
On February 20th, Two witnesses saw the senate pro tempore (basically the number 2 guy in the senate) throwing away 268 copies of the student newspaper "The Independent Florida Alligator" because they ran a headline showing that the head coach of the Florida Gator football team, Muschamp, endorsing the Student Party's VP candidate. The VP candidate was a walk-on Fullback on the football team.
The original article
By the way, check out the comments on that page. Remember how much they denied his involvement in the incident, and then proceed to claim the Alligator was making it up.
The same day as the news article, an editorial was written. They call for his release and for the other person involved to step forward and apologize. Once again, check out the comments.
Editorial
In response, the Unite Party Presidential candidate released this video saying the Alligator was "falsifying stories." He also said that the newspaper was being racially discriminatory against his all minority racial ticket. A fact he brought up numerous times in his campaign.
Candidate's video
Every Friday, the Alligator print's a section called "Darts and Laurels", where it acknowledges good and bad events going on. They gave a Dart to the Senate Pro Tempore, calling for his resignation. Also, I have it on good authority that the commentator "You Got Served" is the Unite Party Presidential Candidate.
Feb 24th Dart and Laurel
Then, Glory be, the Senate Pro Tempore suddenly resigned after the election. He gave no indication why he was resigning.
The Alligator, not at all amused by his continued silence on the subject gave him another Dart that Friday.
March 2nd Dart and Laurel
Finally, on March 12th, 3 weeks after the original incident, the Senate Pro Tempore wrote his apology and admitted his guilt. Suddenly the comments against the Alligator were silent. However, the damage was done. The election was over. In the end, the Student's Party picked up 19 seats, and lost the Presidency by 114 votes.
The Apology
I have never seen an apology from the President Candidate about his false statement about the Alligator.
There is a followup to this whole thing, but that will be my next post.
On February 20th, Two witnesses saw the senate pro tempore (basically the number 2 guy in the senate) throwing away 268 copies of the student newspaper "The Independent Florida Alligator" because they ran a headline showing that the head coach of the Florida Gator football team, Muschamp, endorsing the Student Party's VP candidate. The VP candidate was a walk-on Fullback on the football team.
The original article
By the way, check out the comments on that page. Remember how much they denied his involvement in the incident, and then proceed to claim the Alligator was making it up.
The same day as the news article, an editorial was written. They call for his release and for the other person involved to step forward and apologize. Once again, check out the comments.
Editorial
In response, the Unite Party Presidential candidate released this video saying the Alligator was "falsifying stories." He also said that the newspaper was being racially discriminatory against his all minority racial ticket. A fact he brought up numerous times in his campaign.
Candidate's video
Every Friday, the Alligator print's a section called "Darts and Laurels", where it acknowledges good and bad events going on. They gave a Dart to the Senate Pro Tempore, calling for his resignation. Also, I have it on good authority that the commentator "You Got Served" is the Unite Party Presidential Candidate.
Feb 24th Dart and Laurel
Then, Glory be, the Senate Pro Tempore suddenly resigned after the election. He gave no indication why he was resigning.
The Alligator, not at all amused by his continued silence on the subject gave him another Dart that Friday.
March 2nd Dart and Laurel
Finally, on March 12th, 3 weeks after the original incident, the Senate Pro Tempore wrote his apology and admitted his guilt. Suddenly the comments against the Alligator were silent. However, the damage was done. The election was over. In the end, the Student's Party picked up 19 seats, and lost the Presidency by 114 votes.
The Apology
I have never seen an apology from the President Candidate about his false statement about the Alligator.
There is a followup to this whole thing, but that will be my next post.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Parties
There are currently 2 active political parties at UF
The Unite Party-currently has the majority of seats in the student senate, as well as the President, Vice President and Treasurer. Since the Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the President, well, you figure it out.
The Student's Party- currently the minority party in the student senate. It picked up 19 seats in the last election cycle.
It is important to point out that there is no Left-Right, Liberal-Conservative divide among the parties. Both sides of the aisles have members from, umm... both sides of the aisles. I wanted to make that known so people who read this blog (I hope) don't try labeling one or the other, or trying to fit preconceived notions onto them. It just won't work.
The Unite Party-currently has the majority of seats in the student senate, as well as the President, Vice President and Treasurer. Since the Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the President, well, you figure it out.
The Student's Party- currently the minority party in the student senate. It picked up 19 seats in the last election cycle.
It is important to point out that there is no Left-Right, Liberal-Conservative divide among the parties. Both sides of the aisles have members from, umm... both sides of the aisles. I wanted to make that known so people who read this blog (I hope) don't try labeling one or the other, or trying to fit preconceived notions onto them. It just won't work.
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