The Agrinautica

   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."