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McClean issues statement on SA finance investigation
Nick Fitzgerald | Editor in Chief (VIO)
Last Updated:9/23/08 Section: Student Assembly
Sen. Walter McClean ('09), chair of the SA Senate, issued the following statement the evening of September 16:
When the Comprehensive Financial Investigation Act was passed, its goal was to initiate a Student Assembly investigation. In the interest of full disclosure, it also included releasing the statements we had immediately.
I wrote this language because I value the right and ability of the press to conduct its own investigation. The dozens of phone calls that members of the SA Finance community have received were fully expected.
What was unexpected are the attacks made before the investigation is complete. A bill is not active until it is signed into law. The Comprehensive Financial Investigation Act was reported as signed at the Senate Meeting September 9th, thus giving the Senate Finance Committee until September 30th to complete its investigation.
At that time, a full report will be issued about the expenditures on the SA account. Until that time, it has been decided that members of the SA Finance community should not comment on an ongoing investigation. This is standard practice to avoid bits and pieces of the evidence to be taken out of context.
I ask that when everyone sees the words "declined to comment", that it is not a massive conspiracy, but rather a desire to preserve the integrity of the investigation. The cruelest reality is that some of the hardest working and most honorable people I know are being condemned for not remembering single transactions.
I look forward to the upcoming report by the Senate Finance Committee.
Walter McClean
Student Assembly Senate Chair
Senator of the Class of 2009
When the Comprehensive Financial Investigation Act was passed, its goal was to initiate a Student Assembly investigation. In the interest of full disclosure, it also included releasing the statements we had immediately.
I wrote this language because I value the right and ability of the press to conduct its own investigation. The dozens of phone calls that members of the SA Finance community have received were fully expected.
What was unexpected are the attacks made before the investigation is complete. A bill is not active until it is signed into law. The Comprehensive Financial Investigation Act was reported as signed at the Senate Meeting September 9th, thus giving the Senate Finance Committee until September 30th to complete its investigation.
At that time, a full report will be issued about the expenditures on the SA account. Until that time, it has been decided that members of the SA Finance community should not comment on an ongoing investigation. This is standard practice to avoid bits and pieces of the evidence to be taken out of context.
I ask that when everyone sees the words "declined to comment", that it is not a massive conspiracy, but rather a desire to preserve the integrity of the investigation. The cruelest reality is that some of the hardest working and most honorable people I know are being condemned for not remembering single transactions.
I look forward to the upcoming report by the Senate Finance Committee.
Walter McClean
Student Assembly Senate Chair
Senator of the Class of 2009
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