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I never thought that I'd admit this, but I really adore May May. She tops my list of Funnest-Candidates-I-Have-Ever-Taken-Shots-With. If I'm invited to participate in the debate I would like sit next to her so we can pass notes back and forth like school children and tease JJ when does that thing where he uses his hands to form a circle over his crotch.

Yours in grace, Tutu Lee

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• Posted by leehuaitu on March 30, 2009 at 12:09 a.m.
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• Posted by leehuaitu on March 25, 2009 at 11:05 p.m.
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Oh man, I am so ready to see May Davis get slaughtered in this.

Thanks UDK!

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• Posted by Jhitt on March 27, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.
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Perhaps, Jhitt, you should hope for a thoughtful and productive debate about each coalitions ideas and what's best for the university.

Your attitude, and not May Davis, is what is wrong with Student Senate.

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• Posted by sjones86 on March 28, 2009 at 8:50 p.m.
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hey justin....you are arrogant. I cannot believe how low you and your other weaklings have gone.

Also how dare you attack May. she is one of the nicest, more intelligent people you would ever know. Maybe if you actually took the time to get to know your people and stop attacking people you've never had a conversation with.

Oh and can you also calm down in student senate...maybe take a seat.

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• Posted by calikufan on March 29, 2009 at 7:41 p.m.
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To sjones86: First, I have had a conversation with May Davis when she tried to recruit me to United Students after she partisanly blocked a funding caps bill which had bipartisan support (finance committee which is generally envision and Mitch Knopp who is United Students) where she openly admitted that US votes as a block. This also nullifies your attack on why I am what is wrong with student senate. Look for proof in the upcoming line item debate next full senate.

Secondly, I hope that there will be productive debate, however I am fairly certain May will not contribute to it. While I am confident in Mason's ability to advocate for the US platforms, I think that May lacks the spin control to make those weak, pandering, and wasteful platforms appealing to the students.

To my dearest Bill: Yes I am arrogant, though its hypocritical to call me out on it when you are equally egocentric. Weaklings eh? lol. I can attack May as much as I like because my aforementioned conversation with her was so terrible that I joined Envision officially the next day.

Finally, calm down? Really? Admittedly I think Devon was over the top at first, however, when her performance evaluation was brushed off as unimportant I got pissed. I think YOU should have the balls to question your coalition as well instead of telling those who utilize their right to question their government to calm down. It's the students money, and honestly it shouldn't be used to finance positions who may not be performing their tasks properly. It's not partisan, its responsible.

Either way, I'm sure you'll retort to this by flaunting your seniority or something about how naive I am therein being equally as arrogant as you claim me to be. However, look at what leehauitu said. If that's any indication of the caliber of the girl who said her biggest flaw in student senate was that she "didn't take it seriously enough" during the US primaries then I don't know what is.

Either way, I enjoy the banter so I'll continue our debate as long as you do. Looking forward to your reply.

-Justin

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• Posted by Jhitt on March 30, 2009 at 1:45 a.m.
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Justin, don't get me wrong. I think that May May is of extremely high caliber (and I'm told that I'm becoming widely renowned as an expert on ballistics around here or something). But let me be frank. May May is a normal human being and I am glad she doesn't pretend otherwise. Is she dumb? Maybe. Manipulative? Probably. A hard worker? Well, we'll see. I told her that we could be BFF if she baked me fresh chocolate chip cookies (one of my three weaknesses behind physics and law enforcement).

So if I see a batch of warm, chewy chocolate chip cookies waiting for me at the United Students table on Wescoe Beach I will know for sure that she is indeed a hard worker. Then I will deliver some to you personally and we will have a good time eating cookies and having an honest discussion about the merits of May May.

Sincerely yours, Tutu Lee

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• Posted by leehuaitu on March 30, 2009 at 2:41 a.m.
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I'll admit I am sometimes self-centered. May is flawed in a few ways, but as you probably know she has done an extraordinary amount of work for campus. She was our transpo coordinator during the merger time; she's on senex; and granted she may irritate a few but she's extremely fiscally conservative when it comes to the student's pocketbook. I would like to hear what all went down with you and her conversation because I've known May for two years and I doubt she would have been that insulting to you. And where did May say her biggest flaw came out of the primaries?

Oh and it's so partisan in regards to questioning the Executive Staff. I've been here almost four years and I witness the exact same arguments every year. Also I would like to note that you did not question execs before Envision was created...you can go back to the minutes on that one.

I know you and Devon are both student senate "freshmen", but you need to do your research before senate. Talk to the execs in the office before the meeting, to make the meetings more efficient. You do not do the student body any good creating ineffective banter in the meetings. When I'm not doing by job in my other organizations, I am approached separately outside and bring it up to the full bodies myself on how to approach the situation at hand.

Justin- On a more positive note, I do not think you are all that naive. It's cool that the younger folks are much more outspoken this year than in the past. And you have my respect, as does Devon, which is very difficult to come by.

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• Posted by calikufan on March 30, 2009 at 10:46 a.m.
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It wasn't more insulting, it just affirms my thoughts of US being more of a political machine than anything which is something that if I were a candidate, I would do my best to hide that from potential senators.

Also from what I've heard, she overspent their budget by 30% as transpo coordinator. High spending even on capital expenditures isn't necessarily.

Finally, I have been in the office often and I haven't seen Aly in there in any of my visits. Granted that just may be poor scheduling on both our parts but I haven't had issues seeing any other exec staff member so I figured I'd defend only the questioning of Aly on the senate floor.

Also, it is just plain stupid for a freshman who hasn't witnessed a year of inactivity to question the exec staff because I would have no research or observations to cite in my arguments.

It's not that I don't think May would be a hard worker or isn't a nice person. I heard the primaries thing from a number of US and Envision candidates who admitted that she said she didn't take it seriously enough.

Finally, I appreciate the respect and your perspective from the other side of the fence. Congrats on being hired as well (UDK article). You certainly have my respect as well.

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• Posted by Jhitt on March 30, 2009 at 11:23 a.m.
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"High spending even on capital expenditures isn't necessarily" should be

"High spending even on capital expenditures isn't necessarily fiscally conservative"

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• Posted by Jhitt on March 30, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.
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