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ETROPOLITAN

The MSC student newspaper serving the Auraria Campus since 1979

Volume 12

Wut!28

April 13, 1990

Election ·~marked by ,•_complaints Mary Anderson News Editor

With 199 votes afld amidst rumors that she never intended to fulfill her term, Kelly Martin won the election for Metro's student government president for the second t.. year in a row. Dan Holden, Martin's running mate, is the vice presidentelect Twenty-one percent of those voting elected them. Several members of student government said that Martin told them she would resign to give the position to Holden at ,..._ _ the end of the summer. -.... In a senate meeting last October, Martin referred to a former relationship between her and Holden. She was resoondin~ to a char~e that there was a conflict of interest on her part when Holden accused a Chicano senator of being racist against whites and asked for his impeachment Student Sens. Mike Green and Amy Montoya, who also _• ran for president and vice president on their own ticket, both said Martin told them she planned to resign. "She personally told me she would resign to give it [the presidency] to Dan," Montoya said. 'We worked hard, but I just wanted the campaign to be over. I would have been happy if it had been anyone but Kelly [who won)." Green filed a complaint with the Election Commission ~ Monday, April 9, regarding campaign violations. The Election Commission will hear complaints April 18. "I think it's illegal - wrong morally and ethically. She misrepresented herself," said Green, who lost the election to Martin by 25 votes. Martin, however, refused to confirm the rumors. "They voted Dan and I into office with the full knowledge that if I left, the vice president would take over," Martin said. Other student government officials apparently don't have the same view. Student government's former lobbyist, C. Mason Golden, said that, on three different occasions, Martin told him she <... planned to resign if elected. Golden handed in his resignation Monday, April 9. Bill Jermance also resigned as current vice president on April 9. Jermance refused to comment when asked about Martin's plans to hand the presidency over to Holden. At the presidential debates March 26, Martin denied the ~- rumors. She said that she planned to earn a second - bachelor's degree and would be at Metro for another full year. But after the election, Martin said that she had applied to several graduate schools. "I ran with the full intention of carrying out the full term of office. But if I get a good offer, I'll take it," she said. She had said earlier in the year that she " was a graduating senior. Holden also refused to comment on Martin's plans. "It's the improper time for such questions," he said. "She hasn't resigned yet." He added that he had no idea what Martin plans to do. o

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