Show New petitions are not whimsical Dear Editor In response to the article on the modification of the bylaws April 24 Horizon I would like to make a few points about the comments made by appointed Student Senator Mike while making a fuss about the circulation circulation circulation cir cir- of petitions which would require him to be elected rather than appointed if the changes were implemented said There are a lot of people who are whimsical about passing a piece of paper around I think we need some kind of control for validity and integrity of the petitions had just proposed that a new bylaw regulating petitions be implemented which it was What is wrong with this picture Here is isa isa isa a person who has absolutely no electoral mandate and yet just because he has a few buddies in the Executive Council the authority has been anointed on him to change the bylaws to further regulate the petitioning process And even more ironic is the fact that he does this at a time when the is petitioning for the elections elections elections elec elec- that probably would have kept him out of office in the first place place had had they been held In this statement he reveals that he is well aware that there are a lot of people who are not satisfied with the way he became became became be be- came a senator but because they are doing something about it he brands them whimsical whimsical whimsical whim Is that how our supposed representative representative representative feels about the Are we supposed to be the sheep who look theother the theother theother other way when peo people ale Jle like are deciding deciding deciding ing what happens to Jut gut college Maybe the whimsical people he is referring to are only the ones who believe Inthe in inthe inthe the American form of that government government- that government is an accountable elected government The petition he so opposes would implement checks and balances on him arc ape his friends Could that be why hes he's spending so much time ruffling his feathers and regulating petitions The petition is on of the and not any anyone one particular group The changes it proposes would do nothing other than give students representation Only a very small minority has chosen notto notto not notto to sign the one Ive I've taken around and those who do sign do so enthusiastically If really cared about what we think he might take a petition around himself But his Freudian slip tells us otherwise Keep up the good reporting Horizon Tim Lovato |