Monthly Archives: August 2016

The Pay-Day Loan

We waited to see what the Bureau of Indian Affairs was going to do about the federal court rejection of its  Land in Trust acquisition.  And we have to say we were very surprised because the appeal is a huge reach. Here’s why.

They are basically saying that the highest court in the land, the last stop, the FINAL determiner for legal action, RENDERED the WRONG DECISION.  In other words, the US Supreme Court didn’t know what it was talking about.

Now……you think about that for a minute.  The court that settles and interprets all things…from who’s President, civil rights, trade agreements healthcare…on an on…is going to be reversed by a lower court ? Okay.  Not happening.

David Weeden and SRC are all smiles, dreaming of the continued pay checks during the appeal, and the false promise of a pot of gold. Bad layers, staff and consultants keep on doing shoddy work on the gravy train. Unconscionable.

David Weeden and SRC are all smiles, dreaming of the continued pay checks during the appeal, and the false promise of a pot of gold. Bad lawyers, staff and consultants keep on doing shoddy work on the gravy train. Unconscionable.

What will happen is that the Pay Day Loan for the Tribe that fuels Shovel Ready Ceddie, his Wicked Wamp 8 and the Fryebal Council will keep on getting paid, racking up the high interest that is a scandal that keeps on growing.

$308,000,000 is a lotta debt with nothing to show but scam. No casino, no LIT, no sovereignty,  just bad leadership that keeps a phantom government rolling on.

We told the truth, SRC & Arlinda “Big Spender” lied about the Asino

Take a look at the story about our casino situation. Cedric Cromwell and Arlinda Locklear lied knowing full well that to continue to even clear the land would put the tribe in contempt of court. To be in contempt  means you have to violate the judges ruling. Okay.  Remanding the bad decision back to the BIA says something else to the Indian agency, and it goes something like this….

” Do you guys really want to keep endorsing this flaky, weak LIT justification?”

So the BIA has 60 days to decide if they want to continue to humiliate themselves, while most of the people who okayed this thing have left the agency.  Our bet is they don’t do it.

And if Cedric appeals, its more millions in wasted legal fees that keep the the Wicked Wamp 9 and the Fryebal Council ” rolling in the dough. ” There is a way to get the land in trust but Cedric has been diddling for 7 years, a pawn of the lawyers and consultants who kept getting checks and milking the Tribe.

This has become a pathetic situation that looks like it will continue.  The question is, will the struggling Genting keep funding the Fryebal Council ?

Holdups Continue To Be The Story For Land-Based Casino Developers In Massachusetts

Embarrassing inaccuracies in LIT application doomed BIA defense

The Cromwell administration spent millions on incompetent lawyers and consultants who composed the LIT application that not only defies the historic record but actually proves that we were never under federal jurisdiction.

The romantic version of the humiliation of Metacomet being forced to sign the treaty that disarmed his warriors. The result was native uprising called the KIng Philips War that nearly succeeded in pushing the colonist " back into the sea."

The romantic version of the humiliation of Metacomet being forced to sign the treaty that disarmed his warriors. The result was native uprising called the KIng Philips War that nearly annihilated the Europeans and almost succeeded in pushing them ” back into the sea.”

They actually point to the fact that King Philiip…Metacomet, our Sachem, signed a treaty with the colonists & King Charles II in 1671. They said that treaty proves we were under federal jurisdiction.  Well, just the opposite. An elementary school student knows that the United States became an independent nation in 1776.  So the point here people is that the last thing the founding fathers did was honor any treaties or

Charles II tried to convert the Wampanoag to keep them from fighting to keep their land.

King Charles II tried to convert the Wampanoag to keep them from fighting to keep their land.

agreements with the King of England.  The nation was born out of revolution remember?  They wanted no part of any deals signed by their

Metacomet was our most valiant leader. He refused to cower and allow our people to be exploited. We have no such leader at the helm a very sad dark part of history.

Metacomet was our most valiant leader. He refused to cower and allow our people to be exploited. We have no such leader at the helm now. We are living in a very sad dark part of our history.

oppressors…..let alone 100 years later..after the fact.

Unlike the western tribes who bore the brunt of hundreds of broken treaties with the US government…Meacomet’s treaty was with the colonists and their King, Charles II.

It was not transferable. Contrary to what Cedric says… We had no federal government in 1671. That’s what the BIA said during the recognition process.  All that proved was the were were ” A HISTORIC TRIBE.”

The BIA actually went forward with his theory passionately, which raises eyebrows because the BIA’s past rejections of that theory were were used by the plaintiffs suing the BIA.  It is very very interesting how this application was accepted on such flimsy inaccurate documentation. Very very interesting indeed.

This is the result of governance by  Ceddie.  Ceddie who does not know tribal history, does not know his own family members, does not know us.  He therefore is taken advantage of by consultants who have billed the Mashpee tens of millions of dollars for crap that can be verified or disqualified on Google.

To allow this $308m  charade to continue is just the means to keep Ceddie and the Fryebal Council a pay check. Cedric has a lot of explaining to do to the Feds about all that money that was being washed and dried and we come up with a donut.

He made damned fools of the Mass Gaming Commission who have the nerve to say they are confused. We’re not confused , but oh, wait, were just dumb Indians.  The real Indians don’t come near the Fryebal Council.

There is a way to a casino but this is not it.  If the the tribe continues down this road, with no alternative to fill the gap we will be worse off.

But keep going to meetings and listening to an outsider who is robbing you blind because you are worshiping a pipe dream.

But don’t listen to us…keep on.

The Tribe should demand their removal.  They wouldn’t survive 1 day in the White world, but they are preying on us and our kids and our grand kids.

Keep on.

 

Two words: “federal jurisdiction”

The Cromwell  Administration is preparing for the Special Meeting Thursday

Let's see what they tell us.  They've never shared the plan before why start now.

Let’s see what they tell us. They’ve never shared the plan before why start now?

and they are attempting to try to spin their way out of this $308m black hole they dumped us in. You can tell by the content of the Cape Cod Times newspaper article where Arlinda Locklear continues to spin misinformation. She says that we can still get LIT because the judge didn’t mean what he said about the BIA being without authority to do it ! And then she continues to push the tiered argument that we are like the Cowlitz. The Cowlitz  just got a favorable federal ruling about their second reservation where they want to build a casino.  If it’s “not so bad” why is the humiliated BIA saying it will appeal?

Course Arlinda thinks we’re illiterate.  Anyone who reads the decision can

The infatuation with the Cowlitz Tribe died in the courtroom.  They have been under federal jurisdiction since the mid 1800's. Arlinda has milked us for $600,000 with the Cowlitz theory, and partner Navajo Joe for nearly $!,000,000,000 in legal fees for bad advice.

The infatuation with the Cowlitz Tribe died in the courtroom. They have been under federal jurisdiction since the mid 1800’s. Arlinda has milked us for $600,000 with the Cowlitz theory, and partner Navajo Joe for nearly $!,000,000,000 in legal fees for bad advice.

reference pages 14 & 22 to see where the judge debunks the Cowlitz connection. He says we are in no way even sightly similar to the Cowlitz. Then if that isn’t enough, Ceddie and Arlinda use the lame argument that the judge is racist.  (We re- posted the Cowlitz federal jurisdiction confirmation from the Congressional record from our June 25, 2015 story, to reconfirm that they are on the federal record while WE ARE NOT)

It’s the classic case of deflecting attention from the real issue….$308 m debt. We want to know why we’re saddled with  so much debt and burdened with a bloated government that provides no service. Of course service is the sole purpose of the government.  But not ours. Oh, oh…. wait we forgot ….we do have the Fryebal Council employment agency which is the best in Indian Country….at nepotism.

But let’s get to the pressing issue…why are we right back where we started from in 2009?

SRS faking it knowing there was never a dime available to build the Asino.  He couldn't get the financing before the decision, and will never get it now.

SRS faking it knowing there was never a dime available to build the Asino. He couldn’t get the financing before the court decision, and will never get it now.

We have no sovereign land in Taunton or Mashpee…but we have a lotta debt. 

We have a Gaming Authority stashing millions every 3 months… and no  Casino. Following the ruling Shovel Ready Ceddie admitted, that there’s no financing for the casino. So the 10 prospective financial institutions never got back to him. Actually they probably never existed. So we’re back to Genting who is silent. Ceddie claims now that Genting will only fund the so called Tribal Government. That’s what’s bothering the Fryebal Council totally.  They want to know if that free money will keep on coming.  They will probably hire 5 more Fryes tomorrow. Carp Diem !

You have to ask yourself why would Genting continue if they weren’t getting more out of the deal than they were putting in. But it’s clear that Genting kept pressuring for outside financing because they did not want to finance the Asino.

Empty lots in Taunton without casino prospects.  Tauton still gets 8 million and as usual we get nothing.

Empty overpriced lots in Taunton without casino prospects. Taunton still gets 8 million every year and as usual we get nothing.

While the media keeps talking about ” the construction ” of the casino is still underway, what they don’t know is that the money stops after the land is cleared.  As we said, there’s no money to put up one piece of steel or concrete.

Our reputation is so sullied by leadership incompetence

it will take years to even attempt to correct it.

The Mass Gaming Commission never challenged the many changes to the plan and the questionable financing of the incomplete plan.  There was never Tribal economic development plan for the Indian Gaming Commission which is mandatory….guess  Arlinda Cowlitz Spin is guaranteed to generate Buyers Remorse for the the MGC .

So expect Ceddie to start talking about going commercial.  But once again financing is the key and that is so out of the picture.

A bigger problem for this administration is the fact that these Council members are taking huge salaries for years and the government delivers no services to the people.  Its called misfeasance. Then they gave themselves bonuses when the land went into trust.  They need to refund that money. They need another $15 million  by August to run the government. Well over 50% of the money goes to salaries for the Fryebal Council and no one knows what the hell they do.  We do know we get turkey and ham and any service comes from Indian Health service, the federal government.  And Ceddie can’t tell you what they did with $308 m…rather he won’t tell you.  Scandalous indeed.

The Wicked Wamp 9 should refund all those bonuses for the bogus Land in Trust scam.  They should stop taking a salary.

Oh I know, that’s too funny eh ?

Tomorrow, the payroll update, and why we keep dying under their noses.

Below is what distinguishes us from  the Cowlitz  from the June 2015 story

Below is the Cowlitz federal  connection.  Don’t know how much more “federal” you can get beyond the “Congress” & the “Secretary of Interior.”

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF CHEHALIS INDIAN RESERVATION,
Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee,
and
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON; William R. Wilkerson, individually and
as Acting Director of the State of Washington Department of
Fisheries; Frank R. Lockard, individually and as Director
of the State of Washington Department of Game; Washington
State Game Commission, Defendants-Appellees,
and
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Nos. 95-35370, 95-35371.

United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.

In 1911, Congress directed the Secretary of Interior to make allotments on the Quinault Reservation under the provisions of the allotment laws to “all members of the Hoh, Quileute, Ozette or other tribes of Indians of Washington who are affiliated with the Quinaielt and Quileute tribes in the [Treaty of Olympia] and who may elect to take allotments on the Quinault Reservation rather than on the reservations set aside for these tribes.” The Supreme Court subsequently ruled that members of the Chehalis, Chinook and Cowlitz tribes were entitled to allotments on the Quinault reservation pursuant to this act and the 1873 executive order. Halbert, 283 U.S. at 758, 51 S.Ct. at 616-17.

So Arlinda’s extended projections have kept  her in moola  ($480,000) for over 4 years of unproductive legal work.  But you would think she would at least  do her research about us and stop using the Cowlitz as the means to collect $10,000 a month and to lie in the media.You see how much good she did for her tribe.  They were never recognized, and may never be unfortunately.

Shame on you Arlinda