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(Re)calling ASUC Senator John Moghtader

Five Boalties are attempting to initiate a recall of ASUC Senator John Moghtader.

According to the Daily Cal, the recall follows an altercation in Eshleman Hall on Nov. 13 between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli students, after which three people were charged with battery. Though Moghtader was not charged, he has been criticized for his involvement. As one Boaltie put it: "I believe he has created an atmosphere that is detrimental to balanced debate."

Moghtader disagrees: "The bottom line is that the people who are trying to recall me are people who didn't think I should get elected in the first place."

(Correct me if I am mistaken, but isn't that perfectly compatible with the possibility that he has been a bad apple from the get-go? He may not be, but surely he could have come up with a more persuasive counter-argument, no?)

To be honest, I don't know much about the story, though I do remember the Cal articles after the fight. Here is one, and here is another. I'd love to learn more.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).