Reel Wamps

Just because we don’t know what to do yet, doesn’t mean we don’t know what you’re doing to us. Obviously Mark Tilden’s sudden interest in the Mashpee Wampanoag Constitution election law is predicated upon protecting the Frybal Council (staff) lead by union leader Yvonne Frye (Avant?). First Lady Cheryl, also up for re election with her cousin, is trying to hang on for another year and another $140,000 worth of salary.

Yvonne can't be out of a job now

The shameless transparency of Navajo Joe’s cash cow operation is supposed to be explained away at the special meeting Sat. Funny he’s never followed the Constitution before. In fact he was constantly being forced to adhere to the constitution during last year’s bizarre election. That was because Traditionalists forwarded proof of his violations of the law and filed suit in federal court. All that information was forwarded to the BIA for the record so they couldn’t say they didn’t know.

Cheryl has run out of ribbon cuttings

The Tribe should have an election in 2014 and another election in 2015.
The tribe should not be made to suffer with those two because they want to keep getting a check.
Course Yvonne and Cheryl know their popularity is waning. Kimmie can’t throw another election for her brother in law no less her sister and first cousin. She’s not allowed to be involved with the next election and all of a sudden they’re saying we have to wait.

Kimmie put the 2013 ballot box in her car and went into Dino's to tie one on.

Cheryl and Yvonne don’t want to risk it. But the families should have the opportunity to unite behind candidates and rid the Council of two of the worst, most self serving members ever to finagle their way on to that board.

And if we don’t have the good sense to do it….we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Have you received this letter?  If not, then click on the image at left to read it.  If you have received and read the letter, then you should understand that it is a thinly veiled attempt to extend the terms of, um, certain key members of the Cromwell administration.  It is not enough that it is unconstitutional, but morally corrupt in the bargain.  More details are coming.

RESIST!

Hey, I guess that ReelWamps has some new fans (or foes).  Somebody poked the hornets nest by posting an item from here concerning the wayward payroll funds and asked a question.  Seriously, guys, leave that to the pros.  My goodness, the Frye/Tobeys jumped on this like they have some kind of personal stake in defending the performance of the Cromwell regime’s operations.  Anyway, I’d like to draw your attention to one sentence of one response:

[Nancy Frye Rose]  “…Its to bad there’s a blog that does nothing but post untruths, lies and exaggerations. Shame on those who use the world wide web for negativity!”

Do I need to remind you people of the events of just a few years back, when that same web was being used for “negativity?”  There were almost daily assaults on the Tribal leadership then, on the internet and in the media.  That was when certain individuals and groups wanted to embarrass, harass, remove, and destroy the people that they were demonizing.  They employed outsiders, like  Peter Kenney, to spread his lies and invective in his column on Capecodtoday.com.  Or the Boston Globe calumnist (sic) Sean Murphy who falsely claimed that Tribal lawyer Bill McDermott wrote the Tribe’s constitution.  Who gave him that lie?  Then let’s not forget the columns in the Cape Cod Times written by Paula Peters, when she wasn’t stalking Glenn Marshall.

“…untruths, lies and exaggerations?”  Hurt your feelings much?  How about greed, corruption, and cronyism?  Does that not do real damage to our Tribe’s reputation and collective welfare?  What about the Cromwell gang’s repeated efforts to stamp out dissent, obfuscation,  and outright lying?

Don’t like being criticized?  Get used to it, it ain’t gonna stop as long as the Cromwell gang controls our Tribe.  Solution?  Drop out, resign, leave; only then can you have a world of unicorns and rainbows.

Well sah...expect a repeat performance.

Around noon today the Council staff went into a full blown panic because there was no direct deposit of their paychecks into their accounts There was no money to pay anyone actually.  Of course we can’t verify if the Council members got their huge checks…because you know they always come first above all else.

We do know Marge was running all around trying to offer assurances. But the bottom line is, there is no money to pay the workers.  Usually the investors wire the cash in and they didn’t. Maybe they forgot. But those on grants and federally funded programs have their own accounts and their money should be available.

They’re supposed to be able to cash their checks Monday.  But it’s a signal of bad things to come. It’s the kind of problem that keeps the chair and vice chair from attending meetings…isn’t it?

The SS Wampanoag

It’s bad enough that Cedric cancelled the Wednesday council meeting, but now he has backed out of the Sunday general meeting.  Rumor has it that he has problems with his sugar.  I tend to think that the problem is more with his spine, but I’ll let others pursue that.

It goes without saying that in the absence of the chairman, that the vice chairman should take over and run the meeting, but from what I understand, our vice chairman Jessie “Little Doe” Baird found something better to do on Sunday.  Forgive the hell outta me, but you would think that for $98,000 a year, she has already found the best thing she could do, but I think there is a fundamental problem here.

As in many situations, everybody wants the power and money, but nobody wants the responsibility.  I have a sense that the wheels are falling off the wagon, and that the chair and vice chair don’t want to be the ones to have to deliver the bad news.  So Tah-Tah gets stuck with the duty, well, maybe stuck is not the best word.  Heaven help me,I think that maybe Marie is the most responsible of the three, since she is willing to take on what is could be a barn burner of a meeting.

So what is the problem with Jessie?  Could it be that she was not really a serious candidate for office?  Or maybe she thought that it was going to be a cake walk straight to fabulous wealth that would flow from the mythical Wampanoag casino.  I can tell you one thing, she is only concerned about her own agenda, and not the Tribe’s.  Anyone who knows the real story of the “shunning” will know this:  Jessie was the individual responsible for the idea of shunning because she was afraid that her grant would be in jeopardy, and then when she found out it was not, she dropped the idea.  Never mind that other Tribe members were having their livelihoods and property threatened, she was safe, so screw everybody else.

Speaking of shunning:  I hear from usually reliable sources that Jessie and Yvonne were trying to get the council to shun some people, maybe Glenn?  Maybe others?  Ain’t gonna happen.  Go ahead, you will have a real rebellion on your hands.