Mashpee–Genting has quite a reputation. It’s so bad that the US Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs launched an investigation into corruption in the Indian gaming industry that revealed that Genting had strong connections to Islamic extremists known to fund jihad. That’s according to the Florida Clarion. That was revealed on Wampa Leaks at summers end.
It’s all the buzz in the Sunshine State that continues the steady drum beat against the Chinese. The Republicans say the Chine own America, and they have a tendency to be pretty obnoxious in committee meetings and literally bought up every lobbyist in the state. Their technique is tacky. The little Chinese man Cedric trotted out at the Sunday meeting condescended to tribal members by telling them that they would be trained as dealers…..in their casino on Uranus. There was no answer to the question of, ” When should we expect a check ?”
Indians don’t work in their own casinos. They can work in commercial casinos that they front for though, cause that’s the only way they get paid. Somebody needs to tell Bill Delahunt that..as he paraded back and forth…chastising the people he worked for when Glenn Marshall was chairman and now when Genting is paying him, he needs to search his memory….hard.
Course the Mashpee have been pimped so hard by Cedric Cromwell he’s turned an ashy green “Grungy Boy” Dorchester culla, ( there’s no word for it in the Wampanoag language) ah hmm. Genting is having issues with every Indian Tribe but the Mashpee. The Shinnecocks of New York got rid of their original investors ( sound familiar ? ) and were considering Genting. Recently their tribal members made it clear that they didn’t like Genting and voted against them taking over their tribe. Cedric didn’t like that. Cedric believes in slavery, secrecy, no answers and tums.
But Genting’s track record is abusive against Native America. Ask the Senecas. The Senecas were paying 28% interest on a loan from Genting for the Seneca Niagara Casino Hotel . It was supposed to be for 5 years. It ended up being for 15. That’s a violation of federal law. But more than that, the Senecas refused to pay it, ” armed Chinese , with guns blazing, showed up at the council meeting demanding payment.” That was sworn testimony. Genting is not a reputable group with anyone but Grungy Boy.
Last bit of bad news. The tribe recently hired Barry W Brandon, the Indian lawyer for the Seneca’s that literally ran out the door to a car when he was fired by them. Course that was all during the Genting madness. Now he’s hanging out with us. In 2008 the Senecas were paying Brandon 700 K a year. Not bad.