Jumping into the cesspool

So Cedric Cromwell is once again on the ledge…desperate. And at the Council meeting he presents his cesspool dive.

  • Judge Amanda WhiteEagle said she’s not going to give an advisory opinion. Meaning she’s not going to do anything to stop the recall election.
  • Cedric orders the elections committee lead by Rita and his do girl Trish, to cancel the recall election

Just like that. He just does whatever he wants.  Cedric can’t man up.  He just can’t do it. So the committee that was autholrized to oversee the constitutionally mandated recall process was ordered to cancel the election without authority.  In fact the Council can’t do that nor can the committee. The committee has no authority to thwart the Tribes right to vote. Jezus! FED alert.

Out of control. Illegal and a violation of the Tribal Constitution.

Into the cesspool we go.

The smell of desperation

David told Cedric he was the “worst chairman in the history of the Tribe. That fact was undisputed.

It stinks. The Sunday meeting was a brawl that revealed that Cedric Cromwell is a truly despised man. Berated and chastised, he continued to lie about his plan to stop the recall election through a tribal court advisory opinion.  Crystal Tobey, a member of the recall committee asked that question and in true form Cedric denied his intent and it was on. The tribal members followed the constitution and all procedures to get the recall and now  Cedric Cromwell was violating tribal law to suppress that vote.

Well, the tribal members went nuts.  Cedric’s  nemesis David Pocknett called him out again while describing him a “#*&%#** ass B—- A new demoralizing ID was slapped on — “N-word” from Attleboro.” Humiliating at best. Anyone else would have walked out.  Cedric told David to leave….well it went down hill and again, Cedric was escorted to an office. Our guess is he felt safe there.

STOP THE RECALL PART 2

Today, Rita sent out an email to the tribal council asking the Chairman if he wanted to postpone the recall election? Rita is HR director and the elections committee chair that approved the recall and is now trying to undo the legal process.

So what does Credic do.  He puts it on  today’s tribal council meeting agenda for consideration. So Cedric’s buying time to :

  1. Spend the last of the tribal money

    Trish is watching her world come to an end. No more getting paid to do nothing.

  2. Stall his inevitable ouster
  3. Blatantly violate tribal law.

Of course his election sidekick Trish Keliinui is working  hard to preserve her legacy of throwing the 2009 election and handing us a10 year misery index never experienced anywhere in the world. She’s by Cedric’s side to the end. He’s her mentor….ahem.

And,  Cedric is back to doing whatever, like he’s invisible.  What he does not know is the federal government does not like corrupt elected officials, tribal or not who thwart the election process because its a power grab WITHOUT AUTHORITY.  It only confirms his malicious intent for us.  His misfeasance and malfeasance.

 

 

 

Recalling “The Recall”

The scandal engulfing the tribal government  is apparent by the latest act of desperation by  Cedric Cromwell and his council cronies. It seems to be getting worse because a few weeks ago he was begging  for forgiveness on Facebook and wanting to explain his behavior for the last decade at the meeting before the recall election on September 15.  That was a pretty pitiful move, because of what he’s done to the tribe, is unforgivable. Maybe he was drunk or something but you can see by the Facebook post he was grasping for anything and everything.

But last night it became clear that the final door was closing. The Cape Cod Times was calling for comment and it just didn’t look good at all. CCT had finally confirmed the story we did 2 months ago about the federal grand jury subpoenas of former Treasurer Robbie Hendricks, and current Treasurer Gordon Harris. All this, of course, will piss off tribal members all over again because everything they feared was confirmed a second time.  They were scammed by people who were not Mashpee and dashed their hopes of getting rich. Like Reel Wamps has warned for 10 years. Two hundred-seventy tribal members have to show up, on time, an hour before the recall election for the election to happen. After this torpedo of tribal credibility, tribal members should be running to the polls….that’s Cedric’s greatest fear.

Cedric put his phone number on this desperation play, but we decided not too. Figured he had been cussed out enough. But maybe not.

Current, former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe treasurers subpoenaed

Tribal Council votes to hire lawyers for both in federal grand jury probe

Cedric has used a bipolar strategy of contrition and defiance that has failed. He can’t man up an just walk away.

So at the emergency meeting, knowing he faced hostile tribal members, Cedric

played Russian roulette and plans to file an emergency resolution in the tribal court to stop the recall election. He indicted him self with that move. He’s trying to retroactively kill the recall because he’s run out of options and he’s using a vehicle without credibility. The tribal court is good for nothing and is not used for anything substantial because the tribal government is so corrupt.  We can’t even imagine what kind of influence Cedric would exert over the Ho-Chunk Judge Amanda WhiteEagle to get his hands on that last $200K and hold on to power. With nothing left but Middleboro, you can imagine what the next move is? We want to remind Running Bear to expect more incoming.  His conflicts of interest with his businesses and the tribe is on the way.  We need an emoluments clause to prevent

WhiteEagle in the very ornate tribal court. The pressure on WhiteEagle wil be extraordinary.

the profiteering off the tribe and the office of chairman. And watch for more detail on Cedric’s messy divorce. It’s even messier.

Time to have a talk with Ceddie at the Sunday meeting. Overreach on his part is destroying our opportunity to start over.

Oh those memories and now the realities

Cedric & Mark during hay day when signing the Agriculture loan to pay for the building where we won’t be able to pay the light bill in a couple of months.

When Mark Harding was tribal treasurer, guess who talked a lot of crap about his lack of accountability? Gordon Harris, the current tribal treasurer, better known now as Guy with Knees Knocking or “KK” for short. Now they’re all in the same cesspool of corruption for the same misfeasance and malfeasance that is synonymous with their names.

How about Mark Harding’s total lack of transparency and inability to provide any consistency in justifying month to month budget reports was only surpassed by KK. Harding was horrible, but KK was atrocious. News reports also verified that KK would never provide the previous month, or quarterly report of income or expenditures for tribal members to evaluate and compare.  And he couldn’t explain anything. Nothing. An INDICTMENT FOR SURE.

Accounting basics say the client needs to know where the money is going and how it’s being spent.  Harris had no control over a damned dime and answered no questions about the end game and why lawyers are being hired to try to thwart the feds. Who doesn’t know that no amount of misinformation to tribal members or spin and waste of money on lawyers is going to stop a federal investigation? It’s just such a clown show. They should give up.

So Cedric has lost at least 50 lbs. because this is not going well for him. Stress is not his friend.

And guess what? KK hasn’t given us a financial report in 9 months, which is a

The Cromwell administration made a lot of White people rich. All we own is the debt. Delahunt and his pro bono is the final insult.

violation of the constitution.  All they’re worried about it trying to coverup the abuse and theft.  To hell with the tribe.

Here we go with rats jumping ship.  Navajo Joe, quit.  He was billing over $10k a month and made millions over billing.  He leaves behind Rebecca who charges a flat fee for doing stuff that takes 3 hours at best.  And she bills $10-20k a month.

To show you how weird this is getting…. Bill Delahunt, who was fired by Genting after making well over a million dollars on the tribe, is now saying he will work pro bono.  Hell, the tribe gets nothing cause he did nothing when he was getting paid. The feds have a hellified effect on people. And they love elected and former elected officials.

Pro bono fixes nothing.

 

FOLLOW THE MONEY –3rd tribal financial officer subpoenaed

Mark knows the meaning of circular firing squad.He and Cedric are about to become pros at it.

Reel Wamps has learned that former tribal Treasurer Mark Harding has been subpoenaed in what appears to be an extensive federal investigation into the financial workings of the Mashpee Wampanoag  Tribe under the leadership of Chairman Cedric  Cromwell. The Cromwell administration, with Mark Harding as Treasurer took over in February  2009. Harding was an intricate part of the tribal apparatus, outside contracts and partnerships for more than a decade. Harding and Cromwell were in lockstep deciding tribal money matters, policy and divvying up contracts to favorite lawyers, consultants, and subcontractors both tribal and federal.

Within 7 months of taking office, the new regime burnt through $1.2 million left by the previous administration as surplus and donations to tribal youth. Running out of money and refusing to stay with the old backers, the money dried up. Desperate for new casino backers, and underwriters of their excess,  Mark Harding brought the notorious Genting to the table. Genting is a known preditor of small Native American tribes, most on the east coast. the Pequots, Seneca and finally, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Sources familiar with Gentings business practices surmise that Harding, who struggled as a contractor, probably received a finders fee for serving the Tribe up to the Malaysian gaming moguls.

Former Chairman Glen Marshall had no time for Harding’s whining. Once Marshall smacked Harding and then had him by the throat against a wall. Hazel and Patty had to stop it as Harding pleaed, “kill me, kill me!” Glen Marshall will have the last laugh in the end.

Very unpopular with core tribal members, and humiliated repeatedly by former chairman Glen Marshall, Harding road to power on the coattails of Cromwell under a cloud of an illegal election where pending tribal members voted outnumbering legitimate members on the roll.

Harding was ousted by the popular Robbie Hendricks in 2013.  Harding refused to leave the office, and Hendricks refused to force him out.  In Indian Country, these matters are resolved on election day with a change of locks and family member back up giving the perp a look like “do you want this thrashin’?” Robbie did nothing for weeks, despite angry pleas from supporters and relatives. All hopes of a real tribal member managing the money evaporated as Robbie acquiesced to the corrupt regime.  He presided over the biggest cash haul, and sleight of hand Cedric would concoct in front of the Creator and everyone. And now ,here he is. “I didn’t know,” won’t fly.

Demoralized and suffering from other personal issues, Robbie stepped down, did not seek reelection, and we got the arrogant pretender Gordon Harris.  We won’t review Gordon’s tattered record and his horrible relationship with tribal members. Just review our past posts.

The pain of watching the evolution of Cedric Cromwell.

Cedric Cromwell pulled off the biggest scam since Donald Trump.  He lied about his education.  He went to Roxbury Community College.  He said he handled financial accounts at Fidelity when in fact he was a computer tech.  His worst blasphemy is that he did a miserable imitation of a Mashpee Wampanoag and surrounded himself with the biggest imposters in the tribe.

Harding, on the other hand, never tried to fool anyone or blend in. He was just a jerk who’s insecurity made him appear arrogant. He gave up on trying to belong and just stole everything and stayed on the payroll some kinda way for ten years. For years as treasurer he was writing himself checks on federal grant contracts. The agency even wrote him a letter asking if he was doing it as reported. Just outrageous.

Now there will be a big reveal about the depth of the corruption when it’s over. Cause the subpoenas will keep coming.

 

 

 

 

 

Subpoenas, the IRS and the Recall Election

When the IRS showed up last week at the Tribal Council, well, the word spread like widfire. On fire was Gordon “Knees Knocking” Harris, the treasurer  rushing all around to get those 12 boxes together filled with all kinds of stuff for Uncle Sam. “KK” (no reference to our dear KK Lopes), was probably obsessed with cooperating in light of the fact that he also recieved a subpoena. And he was instructed to be at the council to recieve it.  Apparently the marshalls weren’t going to be rushing all around looking for him.  You know “KK” was in place.  The man has to be a wreck.  His wife, what’s her name, who also worked in finance with that damn condescending attitude is wondering how they’re going to do consulting work after all this business. But she could be in that struggle alone. Who knows?  Not so superior now are they?  On August 8, all the Tums and Pepto Bismol between Sandwich and  Boston will be gone. Yessir

But “KK” has even more on his plate.  The recall election has his name on the ballot.  His buddy Cedric

Shovel Ready & Knees Knocking will suffer the ultimate humiliation of removal from office and being just plain dishonest.

Cromwell is on there too.  First a bunch of tribal members….a lot of them, signed the

Hundreds of signatures from the core of the Tribe. The members are ready to start over and repair the damage done by outsiders.

petions to have the recall election (twice), then they have a humiliating vote to remove them from office September 15. The signatures on the petition is a who’s who of tribal families…everyone but the Fryes (accept Ellen). The Tribe may never recover from their blatant pillaging.

If the two are ousted an election to replace Shovel Ready Ceddie and Knees Knocking should be scheduled within a month.  One good thing is that the election will use paper ballots….finally a clean election. But only because it’s cheaper. But there’s another catch to the election.  Enough registered voters have to show up an hour before the election or the whole thing is called  off. Don’t ask me where all that came from. New form of voter suppression.

And poor Robbie.  He was the first to be subpoenaed in early July. He presided over nearly half of the disappearing $500m that went in and out  of the Tribe courtesy of Shovel Ready Ceddie’s  magic act…nothing here, nothing there. All on his watch. Hard  to explain.  And after he lost to Robbie, nasty Mark Harding, (with the ole bullseye following him around now), actually kept Robbie out of the office for a month while he rummaged around on the computers deleting and loading things on to jump drives etc,. etc….but Robbie let him continue in his role as treasurer. He did it to himself.

All of this unsavory business brings us to one thing that is unbelievable. The council and elections committee complained about the cost of sending out the heavy 62-page booklets to the registered voters, about $10k. Reportedly, the Cedric council members plan to pay Robbie’s personal attorney a $10 K retainer and $500 an hour. Robbie no longer works  for the tribe. He’s supposed to hire and pay for his own attorney. The same goes for Gordon Harris, and yes he works for the Tribe but so did Michael Flynn who was Trump’s National Security Advisor. Flynn had to pay for his own lawyer, not the federal government.  And as the corruption got too close, White House staff began “lawyering up” and the concern was protecting themselves from corruption would send them to the poorhouse.

Unless there’s some garuntee that these guys won’t flip on you know who…it still doesn’t make sense.  Just paying them to tell on ya…or go to prison.

But then again, this kind of flawed reasoning is what got Cedric, and Mark Harding in trouble in the first place.

Somebody hid those invisible cloaks.

 

 

 

The weakest links, telling the truth and nothing but….

The weakest links are being pried off the chain.  A second tribal financial officer got bad news today and there may be others in the finance department who have already come in voluntarily to validate statements before August 8.  And, the sycophants’ of Cedric’s  tribal council, loyal to the end, agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the legal fees of these weak links who are bound to tell all to save themselves anyway.

 

 

That’s a tough one. Lawyers can only help when you come out and are indicted. Then, cutting a deal is a high priority.

And once again tribal members are on the back end of Cedric’s crap.  The council

A slave to the Plymouth Plantation cash cow, Paula could never get the Tribe to give her the credibility she desperately wanted. Now, it just gets worse.

should remove him immediately. Cromwell and his cronies have dragged us down at a steady clip. His public and private  partner Mark Harding has remained at the center of the storm as has Harding’s partner Paula Peters who maybe suprised at how sticky this whole thing is about to get for her. Her craving for attention and power in the Tribe could be realized at quite a price.

It is a sad sad place we find ourselves at. We did talk about all the signs for years. And here  we are. Ten years of no progress, $500 m in debt to Genting and accomplishments that are the result of the federal government.

The true Mashpee will get back up and move forward. Lesson learned we hope.

 

“Hands Up, Get ‘um up “

 

We’re at the point where a bowl of Cheerios looks damned good.

You ever get that feeling that there’s gotta be a better way?  Like when you walk into to the Government Center and, there’s nothing but strangers and boogie men you don’t recognize.  Can’t even recognize them by family. Like invaders.  And the Pow Wow was a pretty miserable display of foreign occupation and non-Indians dressed up in costumes…….with the exception of the children and their parents. Once again most of the real Mashpee stayed home.

 

We need scanners that actually detect the real Mashpee, the good Mashpee, the scandal free Mashpee, and members of the 1001 that brought us recognition. Instead we’re left with buzzards walking the halls of the echo chamber looking for handouts.  ” Nothin’ left bird, nothing left.”

So now, the incompetent greedy tribal govenrnment is on the verge of collapse. The Chairman, Cedric and

Cedric ” Running Bear”…….
Yup. No more invisible cloak.

his PR crew Winnie and Peter Pan, is trying to dispell the prospect of the Feds making those moves when he knows that he made it so easy for them. In Plain sight. Plain Sight.   Like a true neophyite , he thought he was invisible. And as a sovereign government, he thought he could do whatever.  Ya okay.

Let’s be honest.  The Feds can walk onto any reservation through a 1/4 inch slit and do just about anything. Why do you think Uncle Sam has to take our “LAND INTO TRUST ?” (And Ceddie Lou screwed that up). This is federal government land. Just so you know, all tribes are camping on their own land. The reality is painful. By the way moving the LIT court case  to Washington DC sounds like friendly worthwhile territory, but does not resolve the fact that the Congress has to pass a law to get around the Supreme Court decision. Ahem. Where is that legislation by the way?

Poor Robbie, not paying attention.

But no tribe will experience the kind of devastation we will face,  resulting from

Treasurer Gordon Harris received another new name. “Guy with Knees Knocking”

Cedric Cromwell’s ineptitude and web of lies. He surrounded himself with incompetent consultants unethical staff, overbilling law firms and lazy greedy council shills who were/are clueless about the most basic elements of good government and the law. He made them think they were invisible too. But Cedric isn’t sleeping too well and here’s why.

THE GOVERNMENT IS CURIOUS ABOUT HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY COMING IN AND GOING OUT WITH NO PURPOSE

  • Question Weakest Links– Financial Officers and staff
  • Seeking Answers– Mysterious Gaming Commission, Potential money laundering, kickbacks, tax evasion, overbilling, gouging grants, and housing fraud
  • Results Lots of flipping noises, finger pointing and deal cutting anxiety 
  • The Wide Net Effect catches all fish and biggest fishes of all
  • Remember–Tell the truth cause they have all the answers…the bank statements, phoney companies and everything else

New name for Winne that we can talk about publicly. ” The Wacky Hacker”

Oh yah Cedric, will you please tell your scary mouth piece Winnie to stop talking about hacking this website.  She said YOU could not get the IP address to do it. Boy she’s a rocket scientist. She said it in front of several witnesses. Jezusssss does she not know that hacking is a federal offense? I bet you know don’t cha Cedric? You need new friends man,really.

A word about “Mr. De Facto”

Cedric hands the baton to Mr. De Facto.

The  Tribe is winning  the recall battle. Signatures were certified to call an election to

Treasurer Gordon Harris is up to be recalled, but the stall is on so he can keep getting a check.

remove Chairman Cedric Cromwell and yesterday Treasure Gordon Harris.  Now, the question is when? Both men, who have caused tremendous harm to our people, are still on the payroll and for all practical purposes never show up or hit a lick of work. Another scandalous move to squeeze every dime out of a tribe where they were never accepted. Stalling to keep stealing is what it’s called. We need an election date before we have to vote on toliet paper, cause it won’t matter in a month when the money is gone.  But when the investigations of this government begin it will verify the misfeasance and malfeasance.

Jessie is in the so called Tribal Court defending her return to the council after she resigned in writing.  Okay she blatantly violated the constitution ( what’s new).  But the problem is she’s using tribal lawyers paid $20K a month to defend her wrongdoing against the Tribe.

Jessie and her sidekick Mr. De Facto spin nonsense and do Cedric’s dirty work.

And Jessie, who refuses to honor tribal law, has once again inserted herself in the hiring process for the Human Resources job by ignoring the decision of the committee evaluating applicants.  Guess what? Tah Tah got the job.  How about, Tah Tah’s the roommate of “Mr. De Facto” that would be the all knowing youngster formally known as Peter Pan, Brian Weeden.  How about the committee made clear that she was not their choice.  Nor was she voted on by the Council.  She was the choice of Mr. De Facto, and Messy Jessie. Why do we need a HR director with less than a 1/4 of the Fryeball Council  employees on the payroll? See, this is rouge government at the end of the line.

We digress.  The Tribe has clearly hit bottom because Mr. De Facto is in charge of Tribal operations.  Yes, what you heard is true.  How the hell did that happen? Anyone close to having the credentials would not accept that responsibility even in the Tribe’s clear state of decline.Yes people…that’s where we are…in that old fertilizer pit that used to be in your grand parents back yard.

Word is that “Mr. De Facto” is running things for Cedric Cromwell and plans to run for tribal chairman. Hummmmmmmmmmm. Mr.De Facto was the top vote-getter in his election.  He let it go to his head.  He thinks all these people will vote for him again. Maybe.  But Maybe not. Being a chairman of a tribe brings scrutiny.  Scrutiny from the feds of you and everyone around you, the state too and you really have to know what you’re doing.  Also, tribal members are authorized to pretty much talk to you any kinda way. And, if you’re not from that kinda leadership legacy, you have no idea of how cruel tribal members can be. But right now he is the chairman…” Mr. De Facto.”  Take a good look at Cedric. He’s got that beat down look. That could be you.

So at the Sunday meeting Cedric discussed an internal audit of the Gaming Commission. Oh Happy Day.  Who in the hell will believe that?  Others are probably going to have a look that will probably be a lot more thoughrough.

So showing their true lack of discernable decency or tribal protocol, Carlton Hendricks Jr., had to force Cedric Cromwell to acknowledge the passing of his father-in-law George BIngham, III during the Sunday meeting.  Now, this was after the Council failed to recognize his death after 2 meetings. There was the  moment of silence Sunday. But our time on this earth should be honored.  Bingham was a paratrooper and a veteran of the Viet Nam war. He was a tribal member who was present when his tribe needed him and his passing on to the Creators place should have been acknowledged.  But it was recognition that was forced.  It was part of a pattern that has gone on since Cedric Cromwell has been chairman.  Elders Paul Mills, Dwight Peters, Richard Oakley and Leigh Potter deaths were never properly mourned by the Tribal government.  Now, we know those in the Tribe who  hold a life long family grudge. They’re out there ridged in their disdain.  But the government should be neutral and steadfast in recognizing the valuable place our members held on this earth.

 

Latest on the Recall petitions

Well DANM IT…they did what they did not have too, and got new signatures with current addresses for the Recall Election petition for Chairman Cedric Cromwell (128 signatures), Vice Chairman Jessie Baird (126 signatures) and….and Treasurer Gordon Harris (119 signatures). The signatures meet the tribal constituional requrements (100 signatures) with certified signatures of enrolled registered tribal members.  The address issue is not part of the constitutional recall mandate but the petitioners did it anyway. NO EXCUSES.

Very interesting  is the fact that Councilwoman Ann Marie Askew, and the Deaconess recused themselves from the committee.  In other words, they stepped off. That leaves Trish Keliinui, Rita Lopez and Elsie Pocknett to decide the recall issue. Well, you anaylize the threesome determining the future of a recall election.The least credible is Trish Keliinui who has not only sold her family out repeatedly but contiues to prostrate herself to Ceric Cromwell who has robbed the Tribe of it’s traditions, integrity and ability to comand respect as a soverign nation.

Trish who has has shamed her family repeatedly has been a steadfast supporter of Cedric Cromwell against all reason. Not a Peters move. So so desperate to be relevant.

Trish also ran the 2009 election that was rife with illegall voters, and brought us Cedric Cromwell. In Mashpee, you can identify tribal membrs because each family has a distinct physical profile that identifies them.  When questioned about all the unidentifiable members in line to vote, she said, ” I got this.” She was clueless.We were over run with “pending” members who were not properly processed, or PUT ON THE ROLL and we  have been punished ever since.  The voter lists were destroyed and we never had a good election since.

Tribal members need to attend the election committee meeting and make sure the constitution is honored and we have  an election with paper ballots to let the  people speak. We need a tribal government accountable to the people.