In what seems to be the cool thing to do now in the ASUO, Senator Steven Wilsey has resigned from his postion on the Senate and PFC. According to the Ol’ Dirty, Wilsey resigned because he disagreed with the additional funds PFC allocated to the Veterans and Families Students Association.

According to the article, Wilsey objected to what he perceived as advocacy by the ASUO Executive to spend as much money as possible. Wilsey was willing to allocate $3,000 to the group, which was about $3,000 under what was asked.

The article also called Wilsey one of the committee’s most influential members saying:

“Wilsey was usually the first to speak during each budget hearing and hardly ever voted in the minority. He displayed his knowledge of the committee’s numbers often and discouraged other members from straying from the model he helped to create.”

The problem here is not Wilsey’s feeling of being slighted. Through the process of the ASUO and the PFC it has been determined that his recommendations, once made, are up for debate among the PFC. It is not the place of the executive or the senators not on PFC to put any sort of political pressure on those voting to approve budgets. If you are going to do that, at least have the courtesy to do it in the privacy of your office. Why have a finance committee when you are just going to come in and tell them what to do anyway?

The ASUO has long been rank with unprofessionalism. My question to Senator Wilsey is why now? Especially at the end of PFC season. It seems like in resigning, Wilsey has given up. Yes, he was undermined and marginalized, but that’s usually what happens to people who try to change the ASUO. I guess if it was me, I’d be pretty pissed too.

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