I've heard "Swords and Sandals" mentioned once before, but I don't remember where. Maybe your journal, if you've mentioned it. I dunno. This kind of reminds me of that phase the governor went through where he vetoed everything in sight, good or bad. Nihilism in government. I figured he was just cracking under the pressure of the job at the time -- sort of, that's it, time out for everyone until Arnie gets his bubble bath.
A 9-1-2 vote is pretty forceful, but I would have liked to amend the initiative a little more if there was a chance. Why 67 percent? I tried to ask once where a reasonable cutoff would be, given the history of student voting on fee-based initiatives, and I couldn't get an answer. It seems like the amendment was drafted with the reasoning that two-thirds is the next tick up from one-half, and that's abotu how we do things in other parts of government, but 67 is still an arbitrary percentage, round numbers or no. Nonetheless, I don't have any trouble believing that Kalen has a touch of the evil in him, either.
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Date: 2004-11-03 06:09 pm (UTC)A 9-1-2 vote is pretty forceful, but I would have liked to amend the initiative a little more if there was a chance. Why 67 percent? I tried to ask once where a reasonable cutoff would be, given the history of student voting on fee-based initiatives, and I couldn't get an answer. It seems like the amendment was drafted with the reasoning that two-thirds is the next tick up from one-half, and that's abotu how we do things in other parts of government, but 67 is still an arbitrary percentage, round numbers or no. Nonetheless, I don't have any trouble believing that Kalen has a touch of the evil in him, either.