Patricia Telles-Irvin & the UF Administrative apparatus should not be permitted to give the FBK-backed Gator Party yet another pass on morally questionable behavior. As recent as 2005, UF showed just how little it respected Florida's Public Record laws when Fmr. SG Cabinet Director Peter Gruskin received dozens of partially-to-completely redacted documents. In Gruskin's case much of the redacted material was problematic in a number of areas -- here -- the emails were clear, the actors concede their involvement, and except for a brief visit to the Vice President of Student Affairs office by disgraced Student Body President Kevin Reilly, I think it's safe to say that Patricia Telles-Irvin has done nothing!
Student Body President Kevin Reilly should resign immediately, as he is unfit to serve as the chief executive of the student body of the University of Florida. It's time UF took a bold step and sent a strong message.
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Green means go! Reilly must go!
All of a sudden everybody is a lawyer and yet the only people who violated any statutes are the people who passed on and published the e-mails. Someone point out the criminal statute that Reilly has violated with his "Green means go" e-mail.
Criminal seems to be a stretch, I always implied as much, but there is the potential for a strong civil (tort) case.
the sunshine LAWS were knowingly violated by SG's top officials and whether or not their publication was justified or not, does not remove questions of impropriety and moral character from the table.
Dale & Bell are on their way out, but Reilly should not be permitted to continue on. I hope Telles-Irvin does nothing, I'd love to see her get sued.
Grapski set the bar and if FBK can go down, so can its hapless host. This was O&B's election and Gator pulled out all the nefarious stops.
Spring will be a virtual slaughter. Gator can't tame the GDI's this time and I suspect given O&B's impressive gains, that key members of BSU and/or even houses will start pondering certain moves.
Hey Duque, where is the quote at the beginning of this post from?
Conspiracy to break sunshine laws? That's not exactly a good thing ...
From a little bird outside my window.
I heard the AA community lost a bunch of seats this time around. Any truth to that?
Yes, bsu got killed in the elections.
That's what they deserve after the Drayton debacle!
"Killed" is an understatement, they're now left with virtual no names except for Brandon White. All of the BSU's that won are brand new. He's pretty much all they've got left. Naadira lost by 1/100th of 1 percentage point.
Unfortunately, BSU was riding on their laurels a bit too much. Many of the incumbents failed to even campaign. Although, Naadira did work hard. And she should still be around.
Ben Cavataro got DQd by the elections Commission! Fuck yeah!
Brandon White is a joke, the AA community should disown him. He is the ultimate tool to the Greek community. Look to Cabinet for the next generation of black leaders.
Anon. You clearly have no idea how the Election Commission works, he was not disqualified by the Election Commission. You make me sad that we read the same blog.
Ben's disqualification is an appalling injustice. His "offenses" were:
a) Talking to voters in Hume common rooms other than his own, which is only a violation if he "requested access" as opposed to being invited, of which there is no real evidence, and
b) Being nearby when a campaign volunteer knocked on ONE door in Hume to talk to his friend, and offhandedly mentioned something about Ben's candidacy.
The latter is obviously not a real violation of the rules, and even if there were concrete evidence of the former, which there is not, it certainly doesn't merit a disqualification. As if these facts weren't disturbing enough, the conviction was also based largely on evidence introduced by a Commissioner during the final deliberations phase of the hearing when O&B was no longer permitted to respond to it in any way.
The Elections Commission should be truly ashamed of itself. I can only hope the Supreme Court manages to not be as much of a useless kangaroo court as usual.
what's the deal with Brandon White?
I know about 20 people who live in Hume, and they all told me that Cavataro knocked on their doors. He was shamelessly campaigning within the dorms, and he knows that.
Anon 4:59
Then why couldn't you produce them at the EC? How come all you had was a statement from one person who said it didn't bother her.
Well, I haven't heard that, and I can't see why Ben would take such a risk considering the level of support he already had in Hume. Besides, even if it's true it's totally irrelevant because there was absolutely no evidence for it or even suggestion of it during the EC hearing. If we're going to start disqualifying people based on rumors, the Gator Party and their massive voter coercion should be the first to go, don't you think?
4:59
The EC is a powerless body, it's not even at the level of real preliminary hearing. I've always advised O&B to skip the [student] KANGAROO courts and school Gator in the same courts in which Grapski annihilated FBK.
oh but, Christian, you have to exhaust your administrative remedies. Consider that some free legal advice.
And why is that? The O&B Party is being denied even basic due process.
The student courts are just too biased. Joke all you want, but it's so bad that the System can even invalidate elections when it truly doesn't want to let up.
Passman is still a fresh memory, now Cavatero? What if Miorelli were to win the presidency, would they invalidate that too?
Fuck the UF brass. Go to the courts, just like Charlie did.
even if UF adopted the Sunshine Law as its standard, the entity itself is not under those same rules. In other words, Kevin may be guilty, but that is a student government issue. Just because they submit themselves to the Sunshine law rules, doesn't mean that they are subject to the same repurcussions. Senate uses Robert's Rules of Order, but doesn't subject itself to British laws for violations. Is this clear, or should I use another analogy.
kevin screwed up big, but his justice comes from the Senate (i.e. - whether they censure or impeach him).
SG really is subject to Sunshine Laws, regardless of what that spokesman in the Attorney's office says.
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