Don’t get us wrong; we’re not out to get you. There are just a few things that are nagging at us like flies descend on food. There is something to be said about someone doing something wrong, admitting it, and getting away with it. While the senate may not have felt that what happened was serious, we certainly do, and so do the people of North Carolina A&T.

To put this into perspective, we have found a “real life” political example of what happens when someone in a position of power embezzles some money. Look at Sheila Dixon, the former Mayor of Baltimore. She was doing great by everyone’s standards, just like you were when we gave you an A. 

Then she turned around and embezzled money in the form of gift cards for things that money wasn’t for. Sound familiar? Those fliers had nothing to do with your job. End result; she was convicted of embezzling a little over $600, much like you did with around $60. She didn’t have to do jail time, just like you weren’t kicked out of school, but she did resign.  And we think you should do the same. Here are the top five reasons why:Concern #5You used your position of power for personal gainYou certainly weren’t the first, and as much as we hate to admit it, we know you won’t be the last. We’re talking about the strange trend in the Student Government Association where people abuse the power SGA granted to them for their personal benefit. The purpose of SGA is to serve the people, and doing anything with your position of service other than things that would benefit the people is wrong. Students who choose to serve the people in SGA also choose to sacrifice and put others before themselves. At least, they are supposed to.

It appears you used the authority and resources as your disposal as Attorney General to further your greek aspirations.  It looks as if you used SGA to propel yourself into greekdom. We’re not saying that people who are in student organizations shouldn’t become part of greek organizations, but when you are a part of SGA, things are different. Our elected officials should have more respect for what governance is, and your actions clearly show that you do not. Concern #4It seems to us, and to even more people, that you’re not taking this position seriouslyOne of your primary roles is to attend student conduct hearings, but we have reason to believe you haven’t been doing so. People in Murphy Hall have said it, people in the Senate have said it, and people that aren’t in positions of power have said it. If you aren’t going to attend the hearings, or not give them your full focus when you are at the hearings, then why bother going at all?

We expected more from you, especially since you campaigned on honesty, integrity, and serving the people. What happened?Concern # 3You admitted your guilt to the senate, and said “not guilty” on FacebookYou stood before the Senate and admitted your guilt.  You accepted the Senate’s disciplinary decision.  It was then later seen on Facebook that you proclaimed your innocence.  As Attorney general, the person who is supposed to uphold the legal traditions of A&T, how does that look?  How were you not guilty of embezzlement?  Also, by proclaiming your innocence, you slap the system of justice that you are supposed to uphold in the face. Concern # 2How can you uphold the constitution of this institution when you yourself are breaking the code?It just seems wrong to us that the student prosecutor can break the laws of the land and still charge other students with serious offenses. If we ever find ourselves feeling the urge to break a rule, we’ll be sure to look you up and ask how you got away with it, so we can do it too. And if that’s not a positive role model, we don’t know what is.Concern #1You embezzled money.Do we even need to say anything else here? All of our dusgust is not focused on you and your actions.  We are also disgusted with how the Senate handled this whole affair.  Senate, we think you really droppe the ball.  You guys need to really examine yourselves.

When you think about it, stepping down is the only right thing to do. Students were outraged that the Senate didn’t impeach you, and if you don’t believe us you can just ask.

We received over 80 phone calls in the first few hours of the story running, individually on our personal phones and through the phones in our office.

That doesn’t even begin to talk about the emails, tweets, and Facebook messages we got. Do the right thing and remove yourself from the spotlight. It’s what politicians do. 

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