It’s not exactly news but the Meeting House has been pressure washed and painted! A victory for the committee and a notch for Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and Councilman David Weeden. Unfortunately, it took over a year (some say 2 years) to get it done. But it’s done right? The caveat— since it was his only accomplishment during the year we spent $80 k on his salary and $13 k on the actual project. And it was a struggle to get it done.
MAGPIE’S UNFINISHED BUSINESS
David has proven he is not a serious person. But he still thinks he’s worthy of being on the Council and getting paid for work he does not do.
So the Parsonage restoration has been stalled for 3 years. Ellen Frye Sharp and Magpie are just getting the bids out. Who knows how long that’s going to take. They both have a very casual work ethic.
The museum is a disgusting mess. It is closed and looks abandoned. If you look in the window you see a few pictures glued on to some construction paper on cardboard. Look for yourself. And the weetu behind the museum is falling apart. All of this is neglect on the part of the THIPO officer we’re paying. Nice work if you can get it.
We will never grow if we can’t even get funded projects done. Broadening relationships with other tribes, federal, state and local governments bring collaboration and money. But the economic development efforts have to be consistent because we can’t survive depending on grants, and we can’t maintain them now under this administration.
The chairman’s buddy Mark Harding is moving around on some projects that no one’s supposed to know about but do. A reminder here, Mark Harding brought Genting to the Tribe and it nearly destroyed us. CK is easy prey for Harding. Inexperienced, and lazy, CK always relies on others to do the work cause he won’t hit a lick. Thus he has not done a single project that has contributed to the betterment of this tribe,
Trusting Harding is dangerous.
Nelson continues to work hard on partnerships that benefit the Tribe.
Meanwhile council members are doing the work they should be doing. Nelson Andrews continues to use his relationships in Indian Country to broaden our economic development prospects. He was able strengthen those ties with the Seminoles while on FEMA duty at Dania, Florida. He then headed to Cherokee North Carolina where the Eastern Band Cherokees are interested in a host of partnerships. The ability for the Tribe to have it’s own manufactured housing business is on Andrews’ radar.
Time to face the realities of our future.
The spending and misappropriation of funds is more than a whisper in the government center.
Be very aware that the budget coverup is real. And what and who is covering up will knock you down.
