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The ASUO Constitution Court reviewed past cases to dismiss a complaint against Gulley
by Jobetta Hedelman | Copy Editor
The ASUO Constitution Court dismissed a grievance Wednesday that was filed against a Student Senator for voting in favor of providing special funding for a conference at which he would be a delegate.
The Oregon Commentator Editor-in-Chief Ted Niedermeyer, who filed the grievance against Sen. Nate Gulley, called its dismissal a "disservice" to good government.
Sen. Nate Gulley has issued this response to the ruling: "Having the grievance against me unanimously dismissed is exactly what I expected. Nobody knows the rules better than Constitution Court and they obviously understand that I didn't break any. Hopefully we can all keep our focus on votes that are actually contentious, like the racist attacks Senators (Jacob) Daniels, (Kyle) McKenzie, (Sara) Hamilton, (Athan) Papailiou, (Natalie) Kinsey, (Jonathan) Rosenberg, (Ashley) Sherrick, (Karen) Trippe, (Jeremy) Ebner, and (Jacqueline) Justice continue to make against programs.
"I'm sure there will be more grievances filed against me in the near future, but for the record, Ted Niedermeyer can kiss my ass," he wrote in an e-mail Tuesday.
At a Feb. 28 Senate meeting, the United States Student Association requested $2,000 from Senate surplus funds to pay hotel and registration costs at the group's annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C.
Sens. Nate Gulley, Chii-San SunOwen and Jennifer Lleras, as well as ASUO Vice President Juliana Guzman, were scheduled to attend the conference.
The Senate voted twice on the matter. On the first vote, which failed, SunOwen and Lleras abstained from the vote while Gulley voted. As Vice President, Guzman was asked to break a tied vote but also abstained.
After the vote, Niedermeyer requested before the Senate that Gulley follow the example of his fellow Senators and abstain from the next vote. Gulley declined to do so and the request passed by one vote.
Niedermeyer filed a grievance against Gulley the day after the meeting, citing section 4.6 of the ASUO Constitution, which states that members may not vote on the budgets of programs for which they hold paid positions. It also states: "This section shall be construed so as to prohibit conduct that creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, as well as an actual conflict of interest."
The Oregon Commentator Editor-in-Chief Ted Niedermeyer, who filed the grievance against Sen. Nate Gulley, called its dismissal a "disservice" to good government.
Sen. Nate Gulley has issued this response to the ruling: "Having the grievance against me unanimously dismissed is exactly what I expected. Nobody knows the rules better than Constitution Court and they obviously understand that I didn't break any. Hopefully we can all keep our focus on votes that are actually contentious, like the racist attacks Senators (Jacob) Daniels, (Kyle) McKenzie, (Sara) Hamilton, (Athan) Papailiou, (Natalie) Kinsey, (Jonathan) Rosenberg, (Ashley) Sherrick, (Karen) Trippe, (Jeremy) Ebner, and (Jacqueline) Justice continue to make against programs.
"I'm sure there will be more grievances filed against me in the near future, but for the record, Ted Niedermeyer can kiss my ass," he wrote in an e-mail Tuesday.
At a Feb. 28 Senate meeting, the United States Student Association requested $2,000 from Senate surplus funds to pay hotel and registration costs at the group's annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C.
Sens. Nate Gulley, Chii-San SunOwen and Jennifer Lleras, as well as ASUO Vice President Juliana Guzman, were scheduled to attend the conference.
The Senate voted twice on the matter. On the first vote, which failed, SunOwen and Lleras abstained from the vote while Gulley voted. As Vice President, Guzman was asked to break a tied vote but also abstained.
After the vote, Niedermeyer requested before the Senate that Gulley follow the example of his fellow Senators and abstain from the next vote. Gulley declined to do so and the request passed by one vote.
Niedermeyer filed a grievance against Gulley the day after the meeting, citing section 4.6 of the ASUO Constitution, which states that members may not vote on the budgets of programs for which they hold paid positions. It also states: "This section shall be construed so as to prohibit conduct that creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, as well as an actual conflict of interest."
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