The recall effort really rattled Cedric Cromwell and Je$$ie Baird. And they confirmed it, because as soon as Aaron Tobey got the signs up all over town, Cedric was rushing to take them down. Such a dumb move. We had reporters providing photos immediately. The most important one was of the signs on Norman Dias’s property. When Norman puts a sign like that up, it’s serious. Quite frankly, he’s a very good barometer of tribal sentiment. After tribal members blocked the attempt to remove Carlton Hendricks, Jr. the council has hedged on making any more hostile moves against adversaries.
Meanwhile, the petitions for recall have gone to the election committee for review and a decision on the next step. Well, the committe is made up of Rita Lopez ( enrollment director & interimm tribal administrator ) and the Deaconess (Cedrics executive assistant…ahem), Elsie Pocknett and Ann Marie Askew. Well, Council woman Anne Marie is not supposed to be on the election committee for obvious reasons. She’s a council member and you can’t have the possibility of impropriety or conflict of interest. Or why change things now? Of course there is supposed to be 5 members on the committee. Only 2 are reasonable, the other two would have to come off…. 3 added total.
Chew on that for a minute.