Clay Martin Affidavit

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EISHTH JUDICIAL CIBCUII"IN AND FON ALACHUA GOUNTY, FLORIDA

CHARLES GflAPSKI, Plalntlff,vLcEK, JOHN MQQVERNTFLORTDA BLUE KEYI lNC,,

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l, cLAy MART|N, swsat End affrrm on tho basls of my psfsonal knowladgs sndLlCllEf thut ttrc lullUwlrrg utatuttrertts urs trUo ulttl Uorreut:

My name lr GloY MErtln'2. I rggldO At 1Or4 N.W. 16* Stre6t, 1n Galnesvlller Florlda.3, l am a 199? groduaTe of lhs unlvsrshy ol Flsrlda cpllBg" of Lw'4. |n rhd f8ll of 19gS, I was a Etudont st ths unlvsr8lty ol Florlde and a

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S. I am aware thet FBK sub$tantlslly pflnlclFat6s ln tho sl6c-tlo]l o! Uttllgr$ltY./l of Florlde Studont Government offlcor$ through the opefatlon of the FFK group

EYStim.S. |n Ins fEll ot 1996, I was well acqualnrerl wlth Chrls Nash' at thut flme

ths 6r0up Lgader ln the FBK group thot lncluded the fratornlty to whlsh I bBlongd'7. ln th fall of 1996, I accompanled Cnrls Nash ro a FBK Group Leader

m0eilng thst had been convBnod to rs$olve a dlspute aboutwho would be on tho slats

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of Candidatas tO b6 backed by ths FBK group syetem ln the upcomlng StudcntOOVefnment ele0tl0n for mernbsra of the gtudert Fsnate '

B. The PreridEnt sf FBK is an leotivs oftice of FBK end as auclt ls fllled bya vote of thg acrlvg tnombsrs of FBK'g, Universlty ol Florlda Homecoming and 6ator Growl are prlmorllyorgenlzed and sponsored by FBK, and gs such ths posltlons of Homscsmlng GenortlChairman and Gator Gtqwl Ploducsr Are lilled by actlve membars sf FFK'

10. During the course of thB Group Lgader's rnGetlng I rsferr60 to ilbev' thFFBK Pletidsnt,, tho HOmsCOmlng General chairman and Ine Froducer of Gator rswlFnt0rsd and activgly partiCipatd in thB mootlng ln an nttsmPt to rssolvo a dlsputo ovrrtho tlate of candldates to bg hacked by fie FEK grauF syttem ln the eleotlo*'

l1 . petgr Vlcek was pressnrat the rneetlng I have refarred to ln thic Affldavh.1 Z, ln my experlonce, FGt6r Vlcekalways aggreeslvely partlclpated ln Btudent

GovArnrnent sleations to back the slate of candiuates suppofted bv the FEK grouPIY$tern'

10, The meEtlng I have refarredto ln thls Affldsvltwar conducted on thoovenlng of $eptember !2. l ggB, in the confersnce ro0m of thB J, Wayno Reltr UnlonStuclsnt Actlvhla* Ccntcr.

14. The AXaCt purpoae sf the meeting wa$ to orBate the $tructuri of thsEquity partv for tha fall 1996 Unlveroity of FloridA $tudont Government electlons'

16. The Equlty Part$ was th$ pf,rty bacl(sd 0y rnB FEK group EvEtem ln rhsfgll 1906 Universlty Ol Florlda Studgnt Governrnpnt elestlonu'

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I S. The structure of tns party lnoludss sslBcrlng porssns to llll poslrlons suchAE th perty chalrman and gseoclate chalr* tor vlce-cnglrs!, party spokeeperson, sndother party poaltlonr.

1 7. Tns people ln aftendnce wBrs Jshn Mc6ov6rn lsps Delt Group Leaderl,Ghrlg Nash (Alpha Dolt Group Lesdgr], Greg Wetss {$upergroup Group LeadEr}, andKen Nannl {Fl Tau Glroup Loader}.18. All rhese Sroup Loaders wer FEK msmbers.

19, Also present fft tn0 mBetlns wBre Moil $$nlcKE {Ep6 DBII}r Glay Murflrr{Alpna Delt), Er6nt Gordon (Alpha Dsltl, vlvlan Quesada (sps pslr and FEK Fall 19$OPrQ$l0entl, and Ferer vluok.

eO, The reason the$e praona attended woa to easl*t the group Loadere lncreatlng tho party ttructuro.

21, All theee people were also FBK members.?.2. At one potnt during the rreetlng. Jsrnle Tatld Foreman (1996

Homecornlng Gen6ratChairl and Adam Hall (1996 Gator Growl Producerl sntered thsroorngnd urgod the Group LcsdBr$ to getths gelectlons ovflr ";ruauefully* bsr;ause thepolltlc$ of thg $tudent Sovernmenr campalgn ancl tho tsnslon between the FBK gr{rupswsr6 affocting the morale of tns Homgcomlng snd 6ator Growl dlrectorates and staff&.

eS. Hall gnd Foreman werc FBK merrlberc ut thlc Llme.24, a FEK group sysl6llgc_t("sd

party ln oach unlvor$lty of Florua $tudenr Govsrnment slostlon.2S, Aftor rhe meeilng rfsrrofl to hereln, I partlclpntsd ln fie FEK svsluutlon

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$TATE OF FLORItrACOUNTY OF BRADFOHD

CLAY MARTII{'

Before me appgared cLAv MARTIN WhO (l$ personally lrnuwlr to rne oridentifled herself with s curr6nt .Oiiogt'* llcenge), gnd Who took an oath' arrdsubscrlbed lris Aifiuavlfon the 3q day of , $eqlemb#r-, '1997'

,/vihr,,. -:( S(QtoaQ,* -0 Narne6[ffi?-FUeucMy commlsslgn exPlree:

Karen T. ShealyMY CoMMTSSIoN # CC57r/59 D(PTRES

Soptombor 20, 2m0BONOED THRU TROV IAtt{ ITISUMNCE, II{C.

of Notary tYpBd' prlnted or etampod

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