Just under half way through the 2009 fall semester students are still struggling with parking. I find my self parking in a dirt parking lot on the far most east side of campus and walking to the VSS building on the opposite side of campus. As I have seen a large number of nails and other things that can puncture tires, and that I’m paying $40 to park in the mud, I find this completely unacceptable.
Recently I was photographing the candidates for the new Chaffy College Governing Board during
a Q&A session. When a student asked the candidates how they intended to handle the parking problem, candidate Katie Roberts alleged that there was no problem. She even went as far as to place blame on the students. “The student’s just don’t want to walk.” Said Roberts. Meanwhile I have photographic evidence of the most remote, dirt parking lot behind the football field filled with vehicles. Sadly, students cannot vote for the new Chaffy College Governing Board.
Chaffey College President, Dr. Henry D. Shannon was quoted as saying “This is the year of the student.” However, Roberts seems to be more then eager to ignore the concerns of the student’s. Perhaps this is because she thinks that parking fines from desperate students are an acceptable resource.
Edit: I was given false information about voting. It was open to a vote in the county of San Bernardino. Less then 15% of the population voted.
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