The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 20, 1978, Page Page 5, Image 5
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Bv DANNY POWF.M.
Gamecock Staff Writer
A movement to oust senator
John Pincelli, chairman of the
senate finance committee, failed
by a 10 to 11 vote in the second-tolast
meeting of the current student
government.
The resolution, presented to the
senate by senator Joe Scalera,
read: "The finance committee has
been performing their duties in a
lackadaisical fashion, and this has
been a detriment to the workings of
the student senate, and the
ultimate rftsnnnsihilitv of thp
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By BERNARD SINKLER
Gamecock Staff Writer
Roy Brian Williams, a USC senii
dead by. his roommate about
apartment on Whaley Street..
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out until 2 a.m. Friday with frien
roommate Thaddeus Williams.
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Williams said he noticed blood 01
preparing to leave. Williams went t<
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least least five or six hours," Wil
The Richland County Coroner's
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The resolution added that the
chairman of the finance committee
(John Pincelli) should be immediately
removed and replaced
by a competent member of the
finance committee. A lengthy
debate between opposing factions
in the senate ensued.
AT ONE POINT, senate
president Joe Drawdy called for a
five-minute recess. After the
break, vice-president-elect,
senator Garry Norris, rose to a
point of personal privilege and
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made the following statement, "I
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privilege just to let you know my
feelings.
"As the next vice president of the
student- body, president of the
senate, I really do not agree with
what is going on now -and it's sad
for me to think that I am going to
preside over this body. I don't like
it at all for people to come up, and
be corrupt when something of this
nature comes up.
"It makes me feel as though I
should resign right away and I'm
sure some of you feel like that. This
has no relevance as to what is
going to happen here and now, and
I'm not having anything to say for
either side of it, whether to have
him (Pincelli) removed or let him
stay. But, I do want you to know, I
don't like the way we are conducting
ourselves, and I want to
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NORRIS, who is also a member
of the finance committee, brought
applause for his statement from
the senate floor. Norris later said
that it would not benefit him to lay
judgment on Pincelli, because he
would soon be presiding over the
senate.
Senator Curtis Loftis, a
proponent of the resolution, said,
"The reason why we presented it
(the resolution) was because of the
gross inefficiencies of the finance
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committee. The resolution was not
intended to embarrass Pincelli."
Loftis also said that about $40,000
had passed through the finance
committee, but the committee had
not met to discuss the funding.
. SENATOR MARK SWEETMAN
called the proposal "a bit of
viciousness." "This is the end of
the semester; Tuesday (March 21)
is our last meeting, for those of us
who chose not to run to show up
next year. As I see it, we won't be
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semester, not that we've done
anything in the post. And for that
reason, I see very, very little point
in attempting to do anything at this
stage of the game to any member
of this austere body."
Senator Lester Bates, one of the
key debaters, staunchly defended
Pincelli. Loftis said Bates was an
early supporter of the resolution,
which had been "floating around
for a few weeks," according to a
senate source.
"I never supported the
resolution," Bates said, "and any
statement that says otherwise is
absolutely false. 1 did not learn
about the thing until Monday night
(March 13)."
Scalera's vote proved decisive,
and he commented, "I had heard
that John Pincelli had started a
write-in campaign against me in
the election (for a senate seat), and
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the senate meeting and I agreed,
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"I THEN LEARNED that
Pincelli had not started the writein
campaign, but it was P. W.
Postal, and I realized that I had
made a mistake. Pincelli is a bad
chairman, but he is no worse than
other chairmen. When I realized
that I was doing it for a personal
reason, I changed my mind and my
vote," Scalera said.
Pincelli speaking in rebuttal to
the charges of irresponsibility
within the finance committee, said,
"The situation has existed since
September when I was appointed,
and I think we were semi-efficient
and still are. I don't know what
rights we have violated . . .
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could not have passed alone;
written, pushed through, fully
supported, yes, but I still had only
one vote when it came to voting for
it.
"True, I did try on occasion to
put the financial thumbscrews on
people. I suppose that's politics,
and that's why I was given the job
? to get certain things done. Well,
that goes to another point, nothing
was done this year."
The debate over the resolution
occurred am id boisterous threats
and behavior among several
cpnatnrs
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