Reel Wamps

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has long recognized the need for affordable housing within the town of Mashpee.  Affordable housing is one of the ways to preserve a cohesive community and prevent the diaspora that will surely result from the artificially inflated sale prices and rents of even the most modest of houses in Mashpee.  This is, after all, our homeland.

We do, as a tribe, have access to HUD programs for Indian Tribes, and we are fortunate in being gifted with land on which to build housing.  To readily take advantage of our situation, that land should be in trust by the federal government.  It is not. I lay the blame at the feet of the Cromwell administration, who were so busy lashing out at their enemies and consolidating their power that the Carcieri case was decided right under their noses—and they hardly uttered a peep, until it was too late.  They could have submitted an amicus brief, and delayed the decision.  So what do they do?  40B.  Yup.

MGL Chapter 40B, sections 20-23 provide for affordable housing in the Commonwealth in municipalities with less than 10% affordable housing by allowing developers to bypass local zoning ordinances under certain guidelines.  40B developments often cause lawsuits and trepidation among the citizens of a town.  Not that an Indian housing development wouldn’t do the same, but at least we would have had the benefit of federal protection.

Of course, the 40B could become a reality, at which point then we will have to deal with a real problem: who controls the process of accepting or rejecting applications.  I certainly hope that the present council has no part of it.  If so, I could write out a list of who will live there.  You know what I’m talking about.  The only way to prevent that is to have a strict list of eligibility, in sequence:

1.  Elders currently living in Mashpee
2.  Elders who formerly lived in Mashpee, but left for various reasons.
3.  Needy families who currently live in Mashpee.
4.  Others.

The lowest level of tenant should be descendants of those who left and never attempted to return.  This program should not be a means for the council to buy votes.

Roe says, " Minnie Ah Hah has the plan."

So……………..they’re all resigning?

Herrin' says, " We gotta get them outta there."

Whoever made this headmess for Cedric should be punished

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.

Barry W Brandon

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.