Sanchez censured at budget meeting
Text messages keep former president's supporters away
Bethany Brendon and Caitlin Smith
Issue date: 6/2/09 Section: News
ASUCR president Roxanna Sanchez was censured at a budget meeting last Wednesday, June 3, 2009, which she did not attend and reportedly encouraged at least one other senator to not attend in order
to sabotage the passing of a budget for ASUCR for the 2009-2010 school year.
Sanchez sent a text to at least one ASUCR senator, encouraging the senator to not attend the meeting. The text read: "Hey if u can DONT go to senate meeting tonight...juanita [Price] wants to close the xchange and do
some other shady stuff...but if there is no quorum= no voting!! so shhh"
The meeting was called for the purpose of approving a working budget for ASUCR next year. As of last week, the senate only had $11,000 in their contingency fund, and several cuts had been proposed.
ASUCR voted to hold a final meeting after reviewing the proposed cuts more thoroughly. However, the senate barely made quorum. Senate chair and president-elect Jessica Maldonado and several other
senators began calling absent people, asking them to come. Approximately 90 minutes after the meeting was scheduled, enough senate members arrived for ASUCR to achieve quorum and vote.
A number of executive cabinet officers and senators were missing. Missing officers included Sanchez, VP Finance Vicki Dasakis, Vice Chair Joon Nam, and VP Campus Internal Affairs Derrick Hong.
The VP Finance-elect, Johnny Ren, was present.
A number of senators were also not present, including Rodman Ngo, Dalia Eldessouky, Ryan Briones, and Danielle Tessier.
In an open session, with an open vote, ASUCR voted without opposition or discussion to censure Sanchez.
The censure means that Sanchez can no longer carry out her presidential duties, and will no longer receive compensation. Maldonado served out the remainder of Sanchez's
term.
Sanchez did not respond to emails and phone calls requesting comment. Dasakis did not return phone messages left last week.
to sabotage the passing of a budget for ASUCR for the 2009-2010 school year.
Sanchez sent a text to at least one ASUCR senator, encouraging the senator to not attend the meeting. The text read: "Hey if u can DONT go to senate meeting tonight...juanita [Price] wants to close the xchange and do
some other shady stuff...but if there is no quorum= no voting!! so shhh"
The meeting was called for the purpose of approving a working budget for ASUCR next year. As of last week, the senate only had $11,000 in their contingency fund, and several cuts had been proposed.
ASUCR voted to hold a final meeting after reviewing the proposed cuts more thoroughly. However, the senate barely made quorum. Senate chair and president-elect Jessica Maldonado and several other
senators began calling absent people, asking them to come. Approximately 90 minutes after the meeting was scheduled, enough senate members arrived for ASUCR to achieve quorum and vote.
A number of executive cabinet officers and senators were missing. Missing officers included Sanchez, VP Finance Vicki Dasakis, Vice Chair Joon Nam, and VP Campus Internal Affairs Derrick Hong.
The VP Finance-elect, Johnny Ren, was present.
A number of senators were also not present, including Rodman Ngo, Dalia Eldessouky, Ryan Briones, and Danielle Tessier.
In an open session, with an open vote, ASUCR voted without opposition or discussion to censure Sanchez.
The censure means that Sanchez can no longer carry out her presidential duties, and will no longer receive compensation. Maldonado served out the remainder of Sanchez's
term.
Sanchez did not respond to emails and phone calls requesting comment. Dasakis did not return phone messages left last week.
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C
posted 6/10/09 @ 5:27 PM PST
Yesss...
Justice
posted 6/11/09 @ 8:41 AM PST
She finally got what she deserved. :D
cassy
posted 6/13/09 @ 3:44 AM PST
Does she NOT know what a big fool she's making herself out to be? C'mon, after all that has made it in the papers, she should just STOP doing anything that can further tarnish her already corrupt image. (Continued…)
ZA
posted 6/13/09 @ 2:25 PM PST
I think the Exchange should stay. I feel the only problem is that it's not marketed to students well enough. Not many students actually know that they can get discounted movie tickets or these kinds of services right on campus. (Continued…)
Caitlin
posted 6/13/09 @ 6:50 PM PST
I agree with ZA that we need to get the word out about the exchange so that students actually know it exists.
I was wondering how much money is actually lost by the exchange store along with the details of which products are making/losing money. (Continued…)
Jonathan Chavez
posted 6/14/09 @ 12:52 AM PST
shame it took so long hmm? congratulations asucr. justice is served.
lol
posted 9/16/09 @ 5:04 PM PST
now if only kanye did what he did to taylor swift to foxy roxy
http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.highlandernews.org
Douglas Bartlett
posted 9/18/09 @ 4:22 PM PST
Just for the record, will someone restate the issue at stake and briefly recite the approx. amount and source of ASUCR funds?
suckfist
Isaiah Bernstein
posted 10/15/09 @ 9:45 PM PST
I'm so glad Sanchez got censured. Her leadership was inept and her professionalism non-existent.
What pains me is that she will probably use her experience as ASUCR President as a bonus on a future resume. (Continued…)
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