Greg Webb

Red is last-place votes, Blue is first place votes, over his three attempts he has become both loved and hated with great correlation Greg Webb is a fourth year student at UC Davis studying Economics and Political Science. He is active on campus primarily through student government and various forms of community service and activism. He is currently sits on the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission. Prior to this he served on the Internal Affairs Commission and on the Business and Finance Commission. Greg has run for ASUCD Senate three times, making him somewhat of a perennial candidate. He loves community service. He has been a vocal advocate for the causes of freedom of speech, immigration rights and fair and open government.

Greg also has a user page on this here wiki, which can be found here.

ASUCD's lion, Greg Webb with his apprentice and running mate. Webb/Webb 2010!

Webb will announce his plans for Fall 2009 on Friday, October 16th. Stay tuned.

Greg took a step away from ASUCD as a candidate and instead took an advisory role in this election. He was the campaign manager of Kevin Massoudi's successful senate campaign. Greg also advised the ACT candidates. Three of the four candidates that Webb "coached" received endorsements from the California Aggie. Webb also worked as a foot soldier for Joe Chatham and Chris Dietrich, campaigning sleepless until the very end. Greg was a prominent supporter of The Green Initiative Fund.

Greg launched a late-campaign for ASUCD Senate, his third attempt at the office. Webb received endorsements from both the Davis College Democrats and the Davis College Republicans. He was also the #1 choice of The California Aggie editorial board. Despite all of this, he finished in 7th place with 310 votes - just seven votes shy of a senate seat.

Greg is active in Circle K International and has done hundreds of hours of community service with them. He served as Fundraising Chair and later as Service Chair.

Greg became a member of Davis College Democrats during his freshman year. He participated in a debate with Davis College Republicans, speaking in favor of the California DREAM Act. In 2008 Greg was most notable for his staunch support of Hillary Clinton's candidacy for President, having previously supported Dennis Kucinich. In Spring 2008 he was elected Vice President of Membership, and in Winter 2009 he resigned from the position.

In his freshman year at UC Davis, Greg decided to team up with Joseph Bleckman and run for senate under the Aggie Centrist Team (A.C.T.) Slate. Despite initial reservations, Greg ran with what may have been the final Student Focus ticket in ASUCD. He finished in last place, securing just 27 votes.

Fun Fact: The chair of the Elections Committee wrote a blog entry attacking Greg during the election. Future chairs should refrain from doing this to candidates, especially during the 48 hours of voting.

After a year of learning the ways of ASUCD, Greg was ready to jump back into running for office. After declining an invitation to be Joseph Bleckman's VP, Greg decided to run for Senate. Greg Webb was an independent candidate for ASUCD Senate in the Winter 2008 ASUCD Election. Although he once again did not win, he ran a good campaign and was endorsed by the California Aggie.

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2008-11-11 15:30:42   I'm glad that you're taking on the issue of ASUCD Pathfinder, which has been uncommon among indie candidates in the past. Seeing as Pathfinder has struggled in the past 6 years, what is your vision for Pathfinder? Direct outreach, assistance to the CCC, academic assistance for underserved undergrads on campus, or even advocacy? —BrentLaabs

• To address most aspects of your question, I would work with Pathfinder to understand any issues they're having and would support them in whichever way Pathfinder needed, increasing funding is on the table. In general, I would not change much about Pathfinder but I do support supplementing the Pathfinder unit with add-on programs. One such program would be something I've brainstormed with the beta name "Hometown Heroes"; this program would focus on utilizing the students hailing from lands beyond neighboring counties of Yolo. - GregWebb

2008-11-11 15:59:51   Also, I'd like to issue an endorsement-like statement in support of Greg Webb. He doesn't take himself too seriously, which will be urgently needed at the Senate table this year. Still, he's put in the time to understand the ASUCD system, which compares favorably to some of his opposition. So vote for him (and Jack Zwald)! —BrentLaabs

2008-11-15 13:35:48   The fact that your support increased when voter turnout plummeted is a good sign for you. However, aggressive strategies can be dangerous, as voters can perceive you as too malicious — this probably accounts for most of the last place votes. Attack strategies either need (1) an obvious opening, such as "Ackerman resigned!", (2) a wide reaching policy initiative to get enough positivity back, (3) the general perception that the other side "attacked first", or (4) a slate where some can be the attack dogs, where others can be the nice guy.

—BrentLaabs

2008-11-19 20:45:47   I haven't see a guy lose the ASUCD Senate race this much since Robert Baron, who also lost three times. —BrentLaabs

2008-12-01 17:52:37   I enjoy the love/hate correlation graph thoroughly —brandonhkey

2008-12-18 01:38:26   That graph is great, if the trend continues you will recieve a record number of votes if you ran again —ChrisDietrich

2009-02-15 03:55:16   Based on what I heard tonight from Don, Brandon, and Previn, you were kicked from DCD like Max stated. —MattBlair

• There is a procedure outlined in the constitution for removal. That procedure never happened despite what they say. - GregWebb
  

2009-02-15 04:19:58   Just for clarification, the DCD constitution: http://dcdconstitution.blogspot.com/ I will also say for the record I believe that Greg did in fact actually resign before he would have been automatically disqualified as an active member. As a caveat, I will not deny the distinct possibility that Greg's possible firing was imminent. —brandonhkey

2009-02-20 14:32:03   Graph FTW! —maxvidrine

2009-07-26 03:02:42   Greg be proud of all you do..Your going to go far in life.. —jimmy1985