For the third time this year, the Constitution came up. Revising the Constitution. That means changing it. Substantially. Of course, David Weeden is leading the charge. He is actually supported by someone who helped construct the Constitution in the early 2000’s, and chronically complains about it. It’s a small core of people but they’re devoted.
Here’s the thing. A Constitution is the foundation and framework for Tribal governance. It sets the boundaries, in stone. Well, you know what happens when the foundation or the framework is disturbed in any way. The house eventually falls apart. Chaos for sure.
So David Weeden said he’s putting together a committee set up to start diddling with the Constitution. You can bet the goal is to shift power around. There’s a bunch of other ulterior motive stuff going on. It’s tough to alter the Constitution and it’s set up that way for just this kind of situation. But let’s back up for a minute.
Revising the Constitution is a move that automatically sets off alarms. And rightfully so.
When Da Magpie bought it up a few months ago. The legal counsel including a Tribal member who is an attorney, advised that they needed to correct all the ordinances that conflict with the Constitution. There are hundreds to comb through. One of them was defeated a month ago where the chairman would assume the vice chairman’s administrative responsibilities. This you will recall was based on one of those bogus actions (executive order) by Cedric Cromwell. Let’s be clear, Victoria and Rebecca are going through all those conflicting ordinances that were passed while Cedric was Chairman. David and the crew went right along. The horror of that administration lives in those illegal ordinances that Da Magpie approved.
So putting the cart before the horse to make the Constitution conform to ordinances is not in our best interest.
