2008 Woodie Awards
ASG senators will not override veto
Student Government
Jennifer Joyner
Issue date: 2/25/08 Section: News
Authors of Resolution 11, which was vetoed by ASG President Nate Looney, decided not to attempt to override his veto.
"Basically, it was a tough decision," said Jacob Holloway, one of the ASG senators who wrote the bill.
"When I went to senate last Tuesday, the plan was to override the veto," he said.
However, another ASG member pulled Holloway aside to say that it had been researched, and there would not be enough votes in favor of overriding Looney's veto, Holloway said.
The goal of the resolution, titled, "The ASG Razorback Recycling Program Assistance Act of 2008," was to improve the budget for the UA Razorback Recycling Program.
"We could be leaders in recycling," Holloway said. "We need to focus on recycling."
The diversion rate - the percentage of waste recycled compared to disposing of it in other ways - was among inaccuracies in the bill that led to the veto, Looney said in a Feb. 15 Traveler article.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality guidelines call for a 40 percent diversion rate, and the UA has a 25 percent diversion rate, according to the resolution.
However, the actual diversion rate for the UA is 31 percent, Looney said in the article.
"We're still not meeting the mandate, and we need to focus on that," Holloway said.
Holloway and Tom Zhang, ASG senator and co-author of the bill, are in total agreement about environmental issues on campus, Zhang said.
"The reason Nate vetoed the bill was the way it was written, not the nature of the bill," ASG secretary Mattie Bookhout said in the previous article.
"[Nate] wants to make sure we're doing everything in a positive manner to better relations and communication with the administration," she said in the article.
Holloway feels as if there are too many politics involved, he said.
"Senate members are trying to turn this into a referendum to support President Looney, and I'm not going to play that game," Holloway said.
"Basically, it was a tough decision," said Jacob Holloway, one of the ASG senators who wrote the bill.
"When I went to senate last Tuesday, the plan was to override the veto," he said.
However, another ASG member pulled Holloway aside to say that it had been researched, and there would not be enough votes in favor of overriding Looney's veto, Holloway said.
The goal of the resolution, titled, "The ASG Razorback Recycling Program Assistance Act of 2008," was to improve the budget for the UA Razorback Recycling Program.
"We could be leaders in recycling," Holloway said. "We need to focus on recycling."
The diversion rate - the percentage of waste recycled compared to disposing of it in other ways - was among inaccuracies in the bill that led to the veto, Looney said in a Feb. 15 Traveler article.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality guidelines call for a 40 percent diversion rate, and the UA has a 25 percent diversion rate, according to the resolution.
However, the actual diversion rate for the UA is 31 percent, Looney said in the article.
"We're still not meeting the mandate, and we need to focus on that," Holloway said.
Holloway and Tom Zhang, ASG senator and co-author of the bill, are in total agreement about environmental issues on campus, Zhang said.
"The reason Nate vetoed the bill was the way it was written, not the nature of the bill," ASG secretary Mattie Bookhout said in the previous article.
"[Nate] wants to make sure we're doing everything in a positive manner to better relations and communication with the administration," she said in the article.
Holloway feels as if there are too many politics involved, he said.
"Senate members are trying to turn this into a referendum to support President Looney, and I'm not going to play that game," Holloway said.
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