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Friday, February 07, 2025

Committee meetings broke Florida law

The flurry of letters from the Gator Party shows their peculiar interpretation of the Florida Sunshine Statutes. This doesn't surprise me since it was the Gator Party-appointed SG Supreme Court that reinterpreted the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to disqualify the online voting amendment.

The Rules and Agenda Committee meeting in question had no public notice posted the required 24 hours ahead of time and no agenda posted for the public. That's against the law.

They met behind locked doors despite knowing the public could no longer gain access to their meeting, refused to stop or change location. That's also against the law no matter how well-intentioned.

They didn't record the meeting or take official minutes so there is no record of what was said.

That not only violates Florida Law, but it also violates Student Body Statutes Chapter 315. The Gator Party defended these actions by claiming ignorance. The problem is that means not only does the Gator Party not know Florida law, they also don't know their own statutes, which they changed just last year.

In the election they pitched themselves as trustworthy of our votes because of their experience. But if they don't even read the statutes they vote on, what does that say about their experience?

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