Shovel Ready Ceddie had spent $308m and we have nothing and remain a landless tribe. The federal government must be curious.
We want Land into Trust. We need Land into Trust. It blew up today because of a variety of reasons….we have to say that we predicted this. It’s astounding how predictable it all was. Reel Wamps has been saying it for years.
But we never had a strategy to get LIT, because SHOVEL READY CEDDIE never knew how to do it. He was taken advantage of completely by greedy attorneys and consultants who knew that he knew nothing and they falsely compiled garbage in our LIT application.
Let’s say it up front. Ceddie is not a Mashpee. Absent are the political roots or family ties to the players of the world. Neither does he have the education, wherewithal, or experience to get this done.He talks a lot and gets the check to pimp us out while his administration provides absolutely no service for the huge salaries.
This situation with the court decision is really bad because we do not have land into trust. We are back to being a landless tribe. The BIA did this thing knowing full well that it would not withstand legal challenge. Of course our attorney Arlinda Locklear said ” No BIA LIT decision has ever been overturned. ” Oh yeah? It didn’t have to face a US Supreme Court ruling that redefined the guidelines. What’s she saying now….eh? She knew too…but she kept taking those damned checks and running her mouth. Now, here we are.
$308,000,000 in debt, no casino …no hopes of a casino and we are a WELFARE TRIBE to boot. Our people without get their groceries from the pantry ( courtesy of the Boston Food Bank ), after the Frye’s take what they want. We get a couple of turkeys and hams each year and we are $308m in debt. The federal government must be very interested in this fact and the fact that our most vital federal programs are shut down.
If the US Supreme Court interprets the law, the BIA has to follow that interpretation. The lower federal court says the BIA took our land into trust without the authority to do so.
“In light of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of ‘now under Federal jurisdiction’ to mean under Federal jurisdiction in June 1934, the Secretary lacked the authority to acquire land in trust for the Mashpees, as they were not then under Federal jurisdiction,” Young’s ruling stated.
If you go back and read our stories. We said there was no way to sustain that BIA decision. But what it did do was keep those pay checks going…millions of dollars in salaries and no service
The Mashpee had some pretty mixed feelings when the BIA released their decision less than a year ago.It showed when they did not run to the Council office to cheer less than a year ago. It was the Fryes and the wannabees trying to build a crowd for the local newspaper that does not know that the people filling the room are all paid staff. 99% are Fryes.
SRC knew LIT wasn’t real. He was stunned himself. But the BIA officials wrote some gobbledy gook, took the LIT and then they all retired.They sure did, they retired. That’s interesting isn’t it?
It was false hope for anyone who cared.Bank of America split. No financing for the casino came, No financing is coming. But SRC will keep getting a check until Genting decides to stop funding the government. That’s because we don’t have an economy because SRC was just focused on pretending that we were going to have a casino that is more of a mirage than ever. We are supposed to have a back up.
And what about the Mass Gaming Commission? Bet they’re having buyers remorse, as we said they did from the start. Who in the hell would believe
Cedric intends to dump his wife Frye Girl Cheryl after the election. He needs the Frye votes.
Cedric Cromwell, a computer tech who worked at Fidelity…indeed. Liar who has Donald Trumps’ playbook.
SRC is not even a political hack. We venture to say that he has assaulted the Tribe like a man possessed.He has the nerve to run for office again…and the word came to RW today that he plans to divorce his beautiful bride Cheryl Frye after the election to ensure he gets the Fryebal Council vote. Creepy.
Here’s the Taunton Gazette story……more tomorrow
Federal judge sides with Taunton group trying to block tribal casino
A U.S. District Court judge has sided with a group of Taon citizens looking to block the construction of a casino planned in the city by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The federal government is expected to appeal the decision.
TAUNTON – A U.S. District Court judge has sided with a group of Taunton citizens looking to block the construction of a casino planned in the city by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The federal government is expected to appeal the decision.
The attorney representing the residents, Adam Bond, told The Enterprise that Judge William G. Young ruled that the federal government erred when it granted land in trust status for a Native American reservation in Taunton last year.
Federal law allows tribes to open casinos on reservations, and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe began work on its planned $1 billion project in the spring.
Young ruled that the U.S. Department of Interior’s interpretation of the Indian Reorganization Act, used to validate the land in trust status, goes against a proper reading of the law.
Young cited the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court Carcieri v. Salazar to invalidate the decision to grand land in trust made by secretary of Interior. The Supreme Court decision ruled that the phrase “now under Federal jurisdiction” in the Indian Reorganization Act meant that only tribes federally recognized in 1934, when the U.S. law was passed, were eligible to get land into federal trust.
“In light of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of ‘now under Federal jurisdiction’ to mean under Federal jurisdiction in June 1934, the Secretary lacked the authority to acquire land in trust for the Mashpees, as they were not then under Federal jurisdiction,” Young’s ruling stated.
