Removal II - The Sequel!

[aggienaut]

   For the second time in a week the ASUCD Senate will consider removing me from my position as Chairman of the Court tomarrow (11/20/03).

   Regarding the 14 pages of emails mentioned yesterday, I ran into Senator Paloma Perez, defendant in our current case, in the hallway. She demanded that all copies of the emails be returned to her, saying they were her property. I told her that I'd hold them confidential until I could seek legal advise on the issue. She called for my removal before I came back with an answer.
   Also at the time she said "why didn't you come to me immediately when you discovered these??" to which I responded "I don't deal with things outside the Court. Its contrary to my position to personally check with the plaintiff to see that every evidence submission is okay with her."

   Incidentally, what I was advised by my law professor and my friend in law school is that since I am the author of every email in question, they are actually MY original property and are therefore definitely valid evidence.

   Anyway, the bottem line is at tomarrow's Senate meeting I will be considered for removal for the second consequtive time.


Highlights My First Removal Hearing
   In other news: I have a transcript of my first removal hearing now.
Senator LeVale Simpson: "Through all of this, I've come to like Fricke more. ...he seems to not be the best communicator..."
Senator Caleb Hervey: "...he probably knows [the Codes] better than most of us here. ...His disrespectfulness is not the issue, it should be whether he fulfills his duties. We really need to consider if he is attempting to do the job that he is assigned to do. I think Fricke is doing that and, for the most part, he is doing a good job. Throw your personal feelings out the door. I have not heard enough evidence that Fricke is not doing his job well. He is bringing the Code back to where it should be, and we should aid him instead of cutting him off..." (Hervey voted FOR my removal)
Senate President Pro Tempore, Senator Raj Gupta: "...about him being not the best communicator, we all know that ... he is a very stern person and that is his personality. It's not wrong but not well suited for a chair."
Senator Cameron Menezes: "...I don't think he'll change his bull-headedness. ... as far as violations of the bylaws, almost all of us are in violation of the bylaws every week for not submitting reports."

Comments

[nibot.livejournal.com]

U.S. Copyright law says that anything you write remains your intellectual property unless you explicitly sign it over to someone else, or unless you are paid to produce it.

[pavelthegeek.livejournal.com]

Is this one going to be open to the public? Wtf, man, who died and made you a scapegoat?

The Truth Shall Set [Me] Free

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yes. Definitely open to the public. The truth shall set you free. I will not go silently into the night, and other applicable cliches. I was on the front page monday (barely), I was on the front page today (thursday), and god dammit you can bet I'll be on the front page monday. Their actions shall not go unnoticed.

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

aww.. Kris.. are they making you wear the scarelet letter too? I hope you get a good letter other than A... maybe a "S" for stubborn.. I dunno why these up tight asshole premadonnas have it out for you so bad...best luck on your second removal attempt...

How about an R?

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

They're incorrectly equating ME with the case against a member of their party. I think I need to emphasize the existence of ::gasp:: eight other people that are behind everytihng we do, to help them get out of this kris-is-the-devil thing. I have invited the rest of the Court to my hearing tonight and I believe a bunch of them are going to attend.

I think "rightious" would be more applicable then "stubborn," because I've absolutely been willing to compromise when it was appropriate to do so, but I've been without exception unwilling to compromise due process.. on any account a lot of it isn't even about actual disagreements so much as my decisions I guess (ie the decisions of the entire court). Anyway according to the transcript of deliberations from last hearing, the argument to remove seemed to rest almost entirely on me having "poor communication skills" and being "difficult to work with." Funny thing, aside from the Court being perfectly able to communicate and work with me, I seem to be doing alright communicating and working with a wide range of media outlets currently.

[obisan69.livejournal.com]

Great, another long meeting... and this time with six brand new members... Those are some interesting highlights. You've got this Chair as a supporter (just too bad I don't have a vote).

[obisan69.livejournal.com]

Well, this is officially even more ridiculous that I expected it to be. There should be a warning in the bylaws or standing rules or something that your LiveJournal can and will be used against you when you piss off an elected official. Your words are your words, and my words are mine. Although I suppose by commenting here I have incriminated myself...
-Kim

Round III

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

well this and several other entries are now coded secret at the request of Raj. I am very much looking forward to writing my next lj entry (Which I shall do very soon), as I _know_ a bunch of senators and their friends shall read it.

There are persistent rumours of a third hearing. I love it.

In my interview with the Aggie just now I accidentally said something along the lines of "...actually I think its good that this is all happening, the character of certain people is really being shown to the public, and everyone will see that they are.... evil" now most of that I meant to say, but "evil" was me looking for a word to describe their maliciousness, but Kristy is convinced that that word alone is now going to get me into a third hearing. /=

Re: Round III

[citizene.livejournal.com]

That line about Evil made it into the reporter's story for Monday's paper, but one of the editors decided that the phrase you used was just too overblown for the situation, so it got cut. For your case, I'd say it's for the best, because "Evil" does not radiate impartiality.

Or...

You could have just gone for the gold and referred to those "certain people" as an "Axis of Evil."

Re: Round III

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yea, lesson for all: if you are being interviewed and can't think of the right word, it is NOT a good time to just throw out semi-applicable words as one normally would.

I really liked the monday article. The tuesday article was more condemnatory of me than I'd prefer. They were kinda goin along the lines of "so he does do some suspect things, its not worth removing him," whereas I maintain that everything I do is wholly aboveboard. Like they implied we regularly violate the bylaws, there has only EVER been one failure of the bylaws in my administration: notifying the aggie two days before a hearing instead of one. We took the consequences for that (as opposed to other entities in ASUCD that try to justify their unfollowing of the bylaws and continue regardless) and I think it has been extremely overblown.

Come to the Hearing!

[basicallyasap.livejournal.com]

Kris told me he is making the hearing public again. I am so going to be there, I was there last time and was it actually really interesting to watch and such. Soooo basically everyone should go, if it is the same as last week, its at 8pm in the Mee room on 3rd floor of the MU.

it starts at 5:30 not 8

[basicallyasap.livejournal.com]

starts at 5:30 not 8

I'm sorry, but...

[your-evenstar.livejournal.com]

this club seems like an awful waste of time and bullshit. these people who want to throw you out are not even worth the effort or time you are putting into this. leave them to their personal politics and petty backstabbing and start your own damn club.

Re: I'm sorry, but...

[nibot.livejournal.com]

this club seems like an awful waste of time and bullshit — so true!

Re: I'm sorry, but...

[your-evenstar.livejournal.com]

hehehe. I was so expecting a verbal beat-down on this.

Re: I'm sorry, but...

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

But the "club" is responsible for 9.2 million dollars of UCD student fees, of which a couple hundred I believe are my own.

What they do has implications, because they claim to represent us all in resolutions regarding state and nat'l politics (Which is in violation of IRS tax code since its a non-profit organization, and consists of opinions I usually don't agree with coincidentally), make decisions involving many aspects of campus life, which are sometimes even relevant, and most importantly it in many ways constitutes a legitimate government of the students, and by that last reason alone I feel its worth some effort to have a positive effect on it.

Re: I'm sorry, but...

[your-evenstar.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I suppose that's true, but how and why would a college with as much prestige as Davis allow for such widespread corruption? It seems as though this system is flawed.

Re: I'm sorry, but...

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Whomever gets elected into office gets elected into office. Its partially because the codes allow it; that they are not required to charge anyone with anything specific (or anything at ALL really) to have a removal hearing; and I think honestly a lot of it also comes from the culture of unprofessionalism that their advisor, Vicky Swett, permeates.

[wdsguy.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about this shit but I just gotto say that paloma is a fuckin hottie, I would hit dat shit any day

no longer public

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Maybe she just comes across well in photographs, because in person she's really not.. I dunno the permanent passive aggressive grimace on her face really doesn't help.

This entry is no longer public, as the senate apparently is fully aware of my lj. Unfortunately I realize that means you may not be able to reply or read this. If you get notified of comments via email you can probably reply to it via email though.

[zszeldasz.livejournal.com]

o_o aaaahhhh

::kills them so everyone can GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES::

[inequity.livejournal.com]

fuck politics

you guys need a dictator...

by divine ordainment

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

true true. I nominate myself. My title shall be... "holy emperor."

Re: by divine ordainment

[obisan69.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I would be supportive of that. My Tuesday and Thursday nights would be free