When Burton announced the expulsion of Gattman in the April 9 meeting, it was Darling who questioned the vice president about his attendance-keeping, and Finance Committee Chair John P. Marshall '01 made the motion to allow Gattman to vote.
Gattman, Darling and Marshall were also three of the 10 sponsors of the petition to impeach Burton.
Burton says he doesn't worry about what his opponents think.
"I'm sure they all care about the council deeply," he says. "I don't have the time or desire to argue with them."
Driskell agrees with this approach.
"The best thing that John can do is to stay at the top of his game," she says.
And Burton contends that he has done just that. He claims to have formalized and tightened the system of recording absences from council meetings.
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