There’s spending going on that we don’t know about. That’s because we have not had an approved budget for 15 months. Certain council members keep asking for the budget, but nothing happens. There’s no explanation for how certain directors are being paid or source of those revenues. In fact nobody knows what money goes where unless it’s grant driven.
And the Chairman and the Treasurer won’t allow Tribal members take a look at the sources of payment. They’re not exactly masters of work ethic or have offered any revenue generating ideas. But they are experts at doing absolutely nothing and collecting their checks. The chairman has made $197,904.00 since taking office and will be memorialized for facing charges of grand larceny in the alleged Plymouth episode. That has been delayed for the 5th time until October 27th. No trial means no potential felony conviction which would constitute an automatic removal from office. And….no more pay checks.
Bobby “The Floater” and patriarch of the infamous Fryebal Council weaseled his way into the Treasurer’s seat never accounting for tens of thousands of dollars missing from the 2008 Pow Wow. His mother, uncle, aunts and cousins seeped back into the government center now making up nearly half the staff. Count ’em yourself!
Bobby has to be the only Jaguar driving government treasurer anywhere with a -100 credit rating. We can’t even imagine what our bond rating is ….if we have one cause his financial status craters any semblance of ranking for us. As treasurer he’s made about $53,000.00 so far. That doesn’t count the money he made as public works director. His term there was sketchy, you know… good and bad days. Right now, the prediction is that we will be out of money in 3 months. Here’s the rub. There are two projects that are funded by grants that lapsed long ago, but two directors are still getting paid big money. Without a budget, there’s no telling where it’s coming from. One of them is
David’s on the “Struggle Bus from Hell” trying to get some elusive cred. With an 0-4 score card, the Tribe would do better if he got outta the game. Phew bird ! Phew!
Historic Preservation lead by the insatiable Councilman David Weeden, better known as Da Magpie. Actually, we have it on good authority that he’s getting paid out of whatever is left in the COVID money and rumor has it that he got a raise. So is that a reward for his incompetence? Cause Magpie has screwed up so many important tribal historic assets it’s dizzying!
- Failed to re-up the Historic Preservation grant.
- Failed to eradicate the racoons from the museum. The place is still infested.
- Failed to maintenance the Meeting House
- Failed to start the $1.6 million historic renovation of the Parsonage!
About the suspected arson of the Parsonage. Well, we all know that abandoned property is a prime target for vagrants and arsonists. So let’s just add that it could have been avoided if Magpie at least started the project. Or even pretended to start the project would have been a deterrent. The money was available, but once again, the mandated audits are incomplete for the release of the money. Let’s go back to 2019 when the Tribe had $400k from the Town of Mashpee to work on
Jackson & Hendricks got Congressman Keating to successfully get the federal appropriation to restore the Parsonage. The Chairman took over operations shortly after the money came in. The project has been frozen for 8 months. Or is it? We really don’t know do we?
the Parsonage. There were certain requirements the Tribe needed to meet to draw the money down. But didn’t and it’s unclear if the money is still there or reverted back to town coffers. It all points back to Magpie who is all chatter and disaster. Failures come to the tribe at a high price. He moves from project to project. Now it’s the Wind Farm where the Tribe gets nickel and dime benefits like a clambake/lobster dinner as opposed to something meaningful and long term. He’s trying to portray himself as the big advocate for the Tribe, when he didn’t even know what was in the agreement…too lazy to even scan the damn MOA. Course nerdy Nelson did and brought up the fact that we should get more out of the deal than $4 million over 30 years. So David appears, takes over negotiations guaranteeing it’ll tank.
Some new council members are turning a blind eye to the mismanagement and coverup the same way the Weeden’s did with Cedric. David was in so deep, right to the end he kept talking about ” Where’s the proof?” when Cedric was indicted. Clinging to power at any cost doesn’t end well.
“Silence is a lie that screams at the truth.”
