Ross Kressel survives impeachment proceedings
FULL STORY FORTHCOMING: Ross Kressel will remain Student Body President after a tense Senate Tuesday. A vote of no confidence, preceeding the impeachment legislation, passed handily, 25-4. An archive of the live-blog is below: The George Street Observer will be live-blogging the impeachment proceedings Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Want to attend in person?...
What to expect in Tuesday’s Senate meeting
With the bill to impeach SGA President Ross Kressel posted to the Student Government Association blog, it is clear that Chief of Staff LaQunya Baker, Deputy Chief of Staff Brooke Sensenig, Treasurer Luke Rozansky, and Academic Affairs Chairman Justin Lyons intend to go forward with their plan to remove Kressel from office. Such efforts will go...
The ramifications of poor leadership
The actions of the Student Government Association in the past week have been disturbing. As a result, it has become impossible to see the organization performing in any legitimate way that serves the best interest of the student body this year. The members of the Executive Board have mounted an ouster of their leader, Ross...
Impeachment to proceed, Kressel faces removal from office
In the SGA Executive Board meeting Thursday afternoon, a letter, authored by Treasurer Luke Rozansky, was presented to the board beginning the process of impeaching Student Body President Ross Kressel. In his letter, Luke Rozansky states that he “[has] lost [his] confidence in [his] President” and that he has “come to the conclusion that this...
SGA Executive Board meeting to discuss Kressel impeachment illegally closed to press, public
The Student Government Association Executive Board illegally entered into an executive session Thursday, comments from the George Street Observer’s consulting attorney reveals. The meeting was held to discuss a letter from Treasurer Luke Rozansky that would begin the impeachment process of President Ross Kressel Chief of Staff LaQunya Baker, who was among those who brought...
Tweets surface as board meeting looms
One in a series of images posted on Ruegner’s blog Wednesday night, allegedly showing tweets sent by Ross Kressel. Late Wednesday evening, tweets from the since deleted Twitter account @CofCPolitico were made public. @CofCPolitico is the Twitter account alleged to belong to Student Body President Ross Kressel. The source is not what you might...
Student Body President Ross Kressel asked to resign over tweets
In a meeting today, Student Body President Ross Kressel was asked to resign, multiple sources who attended the meeting told the George Street Observer late Monday night. The sources say Kressel did not take the opportunity, and is likely to face impeachment proceedings instead. The meeting, requested by his Chief of Staff, LaQunya Baker, was...