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Jeffrey A. Letalien '00, one of the sponsors of the failed bill to impeach council Vice President John A. Burton '01, e-mailed 25 council members to ask for their support in censuring Driskell...
Letalien's proposed censure resolution centered on what some council members considered Driskell's improper attempts to inject the issue of race into the Burton impeachment...
Driskell said she has been in touch with several of council members who demanded that she publicly retract her Globe remarks. She said she hopes to meet with Letalien and other sponsors of the Burton impeachment petition as early as today, so that they can work out a compromise acceptable...
Letalien and other sponsors of the Burton impeachment petition agreed that if Driskell were to apologize for suggesting that the impeachment was racially motivated, everyone would be able to move...
...issue of race in the impeachment trial flared briefly, but died just as quickly because it had little merit. Indeed, the entire saga of Burton-centered controversies will most likely fade into the student body's collective consciousness. The best scandals (Watergate, the Teapot Dome) succeed because they contain kernels of truth. With regard to the council's controversy, members of the body are still unsure whether or not Driskell and Burton actually overspent their campaign limit. This scandal was based on vague half-truths, at best...