When Leaders Waste Our Time
This is a draft of a submitted letter-to-the-editor I hope to have published by The Alligator. The final version was trimmed down to their 250-word limit; this version is slightly longer. As an alumnus...
Tagged: SG
Memorial Day Weekend
What has been going on around here for the last week or so? 1) UF’s Student Government did an honorable thing in sponoring a Veterans Memorial on campus, that would honor all the students...
What a waste
I won’t bother with an editorial given I was printed in the Alligator last week, but I have to say: their SG coverage stinks! For a night when $2 million in student money was...
A $2 Million Night
Right now, as we speak, 94 college students are pulling an all-nighter to decide how $2 million is going to be spent. And no, it’s not going to go to the world’s largest pot...
The Dysfunction of Committees
Committees – whether they be in a student government or in Congress – are an unfortunate necessity for large deliberative bodies. Committees allow a large group to delegate some responsibility and divide the workload....
How winnable are Spring elections?
Consider this a reply, or a part 2, to the post I made about fall elections. One thing I’ve noticed in looking at past election results in researching my current novel project, is the...
Why Are Fall Elections So Hard?
I dunno why, but I feel like giving some free advice/thoughts on the UF election experience. Having volunteered, run as a candidate, and a chaired a party during fall elections, I do have some...
Not Much Progress
Pun intended. So, another fall election goes by last week, and the non-FBK types lose in another landslide. Snore. 1 seat’s not so bad. Voice 2001 got that. Vision, the long-running opposition party, couldn’t...