Coming from anyone else, Kris Ankarlo's series of ridiculous assertions and downright lies would be unthinkable ("USG recall political, designed to distract members from student advocacy," Oct. 6).

Ankarlo's strawman arguments fall as easily as they were haphazardly built.

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) recall is not about one issue.

It's about half of the original town senators resigning and town caucus appointing their replacements, leaving the student voice undemocratically represented.

It's about six months of inaction on tuition in the face of a 13 percent tuition hike, and refusing to discuss a lobbying platform or appoint an executive governmental relations coordinator who could obtain confirmation in the Senate.

It's about attempting to use the administration to alter the USG constitution.

It's about an executive branch that's currently in a state of crisis, and students deserving a chance to reaffirm or deny their consent to be governed by this incarnation of USG.

Ankarlo's ludicrous reform ideas show him to be anti-democratic and pro-establishment.

He proposes we give large campus organizations the majority of representation. So much for the democratic process.

No wonder he's scared of a group of people organizing and utilizing their constitutional right to demand a referendum.

His only recourse is to allude to past events and insinuate that this is a "devious" plot to overthrow USG.

On the contrary, we are attempting to rescue it from total corruption of the rule of law and democratic processes. Since Ankarlo asked, all you have to do is visit our Web site, www.objectionism.com, to get involved.

And if you want me to resign my seat, as Ankarlo suggests, do your duty, as I have done mine.

Sign the petition. Recall me.