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Published on: 4/1/2004
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Unlike doing things like...I don't know...actually trying to win elections, Student Action and its lackeys, Paul LaFata and Mike Davis, have usurped a great deal of political control on this campus by claiming that they...and only they...have true knowledge of ASUC election rules and bylaws.
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Where as LaFata usually takes about three or four paragraphs to contradict himself, Davis head-butts into one big blunder within the space of only two paragraphs:
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Granted, I'm sure I'm going to from LaFata, Davis, and their dittoheaded chorus of underlings about how I don't truly know the rules blah blah blah.
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The basic point is that LaFata and Davis both have a great deal of power over which students have political control over this campus.
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The fact that LaFata and Davis are prominent members of the Berkeley College Republicans, while the members of CalServe are at the opposite end of the spectrum, makes it only worse.
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Skepticism regarding LaFata and Davis's claims to impartial knowledge of the rules the only logical move at this point. - posted by Jon @ 3:56 PM > | postCountTB('108336579650920288'); Thursday, April 29, 2004Secret Agent Man
When he filed his suits against CalSERVE, Paul LaFata claimed, "I am not an agent of Student Action."Yet, if you look at the post below this one, you'll see that Paul LaFata is now Misha Leybovich's counsel in Misha's suit against David Garcia and Kenny Kroll.
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Since LaFata is certainly acting as Leybovich's legal representative, his claims not to be an "agent" of Student Action are disingenuous at best, deceitful at worst.
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Strangely enough, LaFata argued that Misha Leybovich's spam e-mails do not constitute a violation of election laws:
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Leybovich's counsel, former APPLE Senator Paul LaFata, who fought against Leybovich in another hearing Monday, argued that since the ASUC did not explicitly give him the power to send the e-mail, Leybovich did not violate any ASUC rules.
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"In order for him to be held accountable, he has to be given an authority to be used," LaFata said.
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LaFata claimed another violation occurred when External Affairs Vice President Anu Joshi sent an e-mail "in official capacity" and used her ASUC title to encourage student groups to vote CalSERVE.
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Paul LaFata's fanatical crusade against CalSERVE lacks substance.
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CalFiles recently posted Paul LaFata's suit against CalSERVE and I still cannot understand why LaFata has such a reputation for invincibility before the Judicial Council.The most absurd charge is LaFata's accusation that CalSERVE engaged in "significantly restricting the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic on campus," because some CalSERVE members participated in a Students for Justice in Palestine rally that included a mock-up of the infamous Israeli "apartheid wall."LaFata accused the demonstration of including "a large wall that instructed a significant amount of pedestrian traffic."Excuse me, but it's not a wall!It's a replica of a wall.The Daily Cal more accurately described it as a "9-foot cardboard placard."You see, Paul, if I make a model of the Taj Mahal out of popsicle sticks, it may look like the Taj Mahal, but it's not the Taj Mahal!Same thing with SJP's model of the Israeli wall.
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I am unsure as to whether we'll have another anonymous poster or whether this poster will use his/her name as Mano and Paul have done.
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If another candidate engages a third party to file such charges, both parties shall be held responsible;See, now this one would appear to apply to LaFata and Student Action in this case.
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As usual, LaFata doesn't know what hes talking about.
BHSA does not receive any money from the GA. Seems like he got that one wrong. oops.
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Of course, LaFata can't win on his issues here, which is why he tries to jockey around the technicalities.
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