2008 Woodie Awards
GET fee voted down by SGA
Joel R. Paramo
Issue date: 10/25/06 Section: News
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Bakersfield College's Student Government unanimously voted against the proposal presented by GET that would have imposed a $15 blanket fee for all students.
The proposal would have only benefited one-sixteenth of the students on campus.
Although the proposal would have made it possible for students to ride whenever they want seven days a week for any reason at all for free, it was also to encourage students that don't ride the bus to ride.
"Charging the entire student body an additional $15 fee is not reasonable," said Alan Crane, legislative liaison, SGA Region 5 representative.
The money from students would have accumulated to about $450,000 a year.
That money was to be used on improving the transportation system, but the SGA considered the fact that there is only one station on campus and five routes to BC.
Money would be unaccounted for, and there is no guarantee the money would be specifically used to improve traffic near BC.
"The senate did vote against it," said Crane. "But a temporary committee was formed to deal with the issue."
The committee was proposed by the SGA to negotiate with GET to try to work out a deal for specifically the students that use public transportation.
According to Crane, they will probably be meeting in the next couple of weeks to discuss their proposal for GET.
The proposal would have only benefited one-sixteenth of the students on campus.
Although the proposal would have made it possible for students to ride whenever they want seven days a week for any reason at all for free, it was also to encourage students that don't ride the bus to ride.
"Charging the entire student body an additional $15 fee is not reasonable," said Alan Crane, legislative liaison, SGA Region 5 representative.
The money from students would have accumulated to about $450,000 a year.
That money was to be used on improving the transportation system, but the SGA considered the fact that there is only one station on campus and five routes to BC.
Money would be unaccounted for, and there is no guarantee the money would be specifically used to improve traffic near BC.
"The senate did vote against it," said Crane. "But a temporary committee was formed to deal with the issue."
The committee was proposed by the SGA to negotiate with GET to try to work out a deal for specifically the students that use public transportation.
According to Crane, they will probably be meeting in the next couple of weeks to discuss their proposal for GET.
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