Show No Rest For the Weary Is there an end in sight for student elections By David Finch t Staff Writer Over a month has gone by since the Student Body Officer elections elections elections elec elec- and there is still no end in insight insight insight sight for the campaign contro contro- The allegations continue to grow both in size and number and so far there is no evidence to stop them Every time a bomb is dropped you get fallout When the first questions were raised concerning the campaigning and the elections a major explosion around the students and campus of Salt Lake Community College So far the reactions to the fallout have been many and varied There is a petition being circulated by the student senate concerning the allegations allega- allega the conduct of the he former Executive Council Members Gaby Bradford who served on the Elections Committee and Mike Dawes who also served as Elections Committee chair and against the former members of the and current Executive Council namely Scott Stratton Pete Morgan Tony Dowse Jill Heidi Holman H lma and Ryan Kemp Gabby Bra Bradford ford and Mike Dawes are charged with six rule infractions Some of these include the improper granting granting granting grant grant- ing of the extension given for forthe forthe forthe the party to turn in their Campaign Finance Forms after the deadline changing the Standing rules after active campaigning campaigning campaigning cam cam- began their failing to conduct a thorough audit of the party's Campaign Finance Form including errors errorS and omissions So far Dawes has stated stated stated stat stat- ed he thinks the allegations are unfounded and nothing will hap hap- pen What are the chances of this doing any good in a Standards Review Board Zero he stated The allegations toward the former members of the party and the current Executive Council are also many 10 10 rules are stated in the petition as allegedly being broken by the party Some of these are the party's failing to turn in their on time failing to bring the to the preliminary meeting exceeding the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- spending cap and intentionally intentionally intentionally omitting and undervaluing ing items on their expense forms The former fonner members of the party gave the Globe Glob a 3 statement explaining their side i I of the story In short it mentions they felt a moral and ethical campaign was run and feel feet the election committee did their job Synergy on the other hand has plenty of feelings to share about the controversy Andrew Johnson the former presidential candidate of the Synergy party said I have moved on after the loss After I found out the loss was because of rules being broken I was hurt Students need to know a statement needs to be made the students need to be informed Trisha Hanna former candidate of the Synergy party stated If the allegations are true something should be done about it It should be the students students' students students' students students' stu stu- stu- stu dents' dents decision I feel that while running for office we tried to keep everything ethical If our opponents got into office because of unethical things being done justice should be served I have no idea where they Synergy got their mation Andrew Johnson and Iare I Iare Iare are friends Bentley and I are friends said Dawes One thing is for sure questions have been asked and suspicions raised concerning concerning concerning con con- the ethics and am eligibility of the last elections and nobody appears willing wining to explain them to the students A r I |