The only Council member missing was Rita Pocknett. The rest sat in there with their heads bowed throughout.
Tribal members walked away from the Sunday meeting more confused than when they came in. There were a lot of members at this in-person meeting. More than have attended in a long long time.
So let’s start with our favorite villain. Tah Tah. Tah Tah was supposed to present a draft budget. Course she didn’t present anything. White man presented an audit that we already knew about. It covered our $750 m (and a few million) debt to Genting (via the three Genting subsidiaries) through June 2021. Right. It was not current or relevant to what we needed to know. On to the budget ” draft.” Very convoluted for anyone who knew about budgets let alone those who don’t. So we all know one damned thing. When that $15 million is gone, the Tribe has no cash flow. So when they reviewed the strange categories for payout, a tribal member asked how did they know the Feds would allow them to spend it that way. Tah Tah Deja Vu said, ” Treasury said we could.” Actually, that’s not true. Treasury is the enforcement arm of this process. You know, like when you don’t pay your taxes. Treasury comes for you.
It’s vintage Tah Tah. She don’t know. The statute has specific guidelines for the expenditures. You can look at them online. More proof that she cannot do the most basic aspects of her job. This is why we are taken advantage of on a lot of levels. A lot of levels. Being too embarrassed to admit you’ve been scammed is worse than the scam, know what I mean?
Anyway Tribal members were also having flashbacks of what they thought was a bygone era with the Cromwell regime. The old “stall forever” tactic. Or “run out the clock” during meetings is still being used. Not good. Know what you’re doing then explain it to your people. Honesty is the best policy. Tell them why you’re doing what you’re doing, or don’t do it at all.
