It’s not a pretty thing…but it was bound to happen. Ceddie 2X’s butt naked and exposed….pretending we’re still going to have a casino. A resort casino. It’s a new concept. The Warehouse Slot Dump. Those articles in the Taunton Gazette were something else. As usual, it was the whole story without the press release talking points. Herrin’ and Roe will have more….
We forgot something
Ceddie 2X’s looks for a way to deflect his failure to deliver a casino while taking millions in salary and benefits.
Ceddie 2X’s still has a problem with the ” Sovereignty” method of building a casino. The Indian Gaming Commission wants the Tribe have a compact with the state…..which is a mile high hurdle for Ceddie 2X’s.
But without financing…it doesn’t even matter does it Ceddie “Moot ?”
C2X’s has overseen the distribution of $200m to parts unknown and gave tribal members donated turkeys and hams. He has disemboweled the fabric, culture and image of the tribe with his inexperience and greed. Our bizarre spiral into debt and despair has reportedly caught the eye of federal investigators on sever levels. We can only hope.
“Ceddie 2X’s”
Jimmy 2X’s is Cedric’s name sake. Suddenly he’s talking to the Elders who he allowed to be disrespected and denigrated during his entire reign.
You know things are bad when Shovel Ready Ceddie, his wife The First Lady and the Mean Travel Queen show up to an Elders meeting. He has been to the Elders meeting exactly 2 times in 7 years, that’s how he got the new name “Ceddie 2X’s.” Just like the guy in the movie Goodfellas …Jimmy 2X’s who said everything 2X’s.
Ceddie 2X’s is a character alright. Unfortunately this horror movie is real. He’s was doing damage control on steroids because his fairy tale is over. So here’s his script.
He tells the Elders that they should not listen to rumors about the Tribe being broke and unable to adhere to the state compact. So instead of admitting that the tribe is broke, that he has no financing for the casino and that he can’t live up to anything in the compact ( including the mandatory pay off of the old investors ) he says the MWT is going it alone as a sovereign nation. That there will be no presentation to the Mass Gaming Commission. There’s nothing to present. But actually he gets out of paying off the investors, builds a slot dump or some other raggity mess and can stall forever. You better believe he won’t put that in a press release or talk about it on a conference call.
So the Tribe is going to go out on its own without worrying about the Compact. You heard it right here. And he admitted that he is going to put the damn thing in the “warehouse” ( as we disclosed earlier ). Red flag #1 that is in no way a “Resort Casino.” Red flag #2 there was no mention of financing anything. Red flag # 3 who waits this late to get the financing on such a huge deal like this.? All Ceddie 2X’s was interested in was getting a check, the casino was never on the radar as a true Tribal benefit. It was always Gentings baby. They would have kept going until March, maxed out the loans from Genting,anticipating that the Mass Commission would issue another license. This is called preemption.
So Cedric admits that he can’ get it done the right way and basically admitting he can’t meet the terms of the Compact. Now— two days ago he was talking like the state would be foolish to issue a license to another group. Now he’s saying our LIT says we don’t need the state. Right, you got lawsuits on the horizon and a good old fashioned depleted bank account and nothing to hock.
Be sure to ask about that financing at the general meeting today and if Ceddie 2X’s got paid Friday.
Who’s scamming who?
Mass Gaming Commission knows SRC is plagued with hurdles and never had a plan for the Tribe to benefit.
Shovel Ready Ceddie is in a full blown panic. He’s claiming the state gaming commission will loose big if it issues a license to another gaming group in the southeast region.It doesn’t mean the Tribe cannot move forward, it just means the state wants guaranteed revenue. He is also inferring that if the state does issue a second license, the state will violate the compact. Actually it is the direct opposite.
Once again, it is the Tribe that will violate the Compact because the tribe cannot fulfill the requirements in the agreement with the state
- NO Investor or Bank to pay for the $500m “Resort Casino” They intend to go on a dog and pony show around the country trying to find a way to pay for it. That could take years. Casinos are not a good investment anywhere in the world especially since we have NO COLLATERAL and because ANY PROFIT WOULD GO TO GENTING TO PAY OFF THE HORRENDOUS DEBT. WE AS TRIBAL MEMBERS WILL NOT SEE A DIME FOR 11 YEARS. THAT’S GREAT ISN’T IT ?
- Plan to use a warehouse for the first phase of the casino because they have no money to finance anything. A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE COMPACT because it does not comply with the definition of a resort casino.
- The clock starts ticking TODAY for the 6 year window of opportunity to sue over the legitimacy of the Land in Trust decision handed down by the BIA. Check previous posts that outline the reasons legal experts say the decision is as flawed as it is invalid and subject to be struck down.
- Cannot pay off the original investors. That’s $60m that must be paid. A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE COMPACT.
Cedric never intended to get this far. He squandered what opportunity we had to live with dignity on our homeland. A White man would have done a better job.
And lastly, to suggest that the Tribe is some kind of competitive threat in the gaming arena is a stretch.Without financing, the damned thing will never be built. The Brockton group is a much more reliable license option because they have their plan, a better location, financing and a reputable track record. Unfortunately for the Tribe, SRC and his crew have squandered our opportunity to be self sustaining and instead have used us to serve gaming giant Genting and of course get paid. Cedric never intended to get this far. Never planned for it or an end game that would benefit us. He has no passion or love for the Tribe because he can’t love what he does not know. Plus he was never accepted.
Ironically, the state has to decide if it wants to risk the loss of hundreds of millions of tax dollars, and months of waiting,betting that Shovel Ready Ceddie will abide by the compact and actually scale YET MORE HURDLES. And we have not even talked about the Indian Gaming regulations that they have not complied with.
The March date to issue a license lends credence to the huge possibility that the state wants another license out there that they can count on to bring in money.
Big question is who’s financing our phantom casino? Right. You would think they would tell us something. Bet the Gaming Commission is interested too.
BROKE
Tribal finance told Treasurer Robbie Hendricks that there is not enough money in the bank to cover tribal expenses. They said he had better “prioritize” what and who needed to be paid. Are you laughing yet ? Well you know what that means. Shovel Readie Ceddie will be at the top, Messy Jessie next and so on down the council list of greedy incompetents who collect big cash every Friday and do absolutely nothing to earn it.
They spend over $400k a month on salaries.Salaries for the Fryebal Council.
But check this out. These crooks borrowed a ton of money over the last 45 days. $45m to buy the very crappy land in Taunton…and $11m a couple of weeks ago. Problem is they have not received the last request and it won’t be a total $11 m because Genting charges $2.3m on the money so they only get about $8m.
Biggest problem—they are $8m shy of the $200m cap on the Genting ATM. The Gang has run through $200m and there’s nothing to show for it but a lot of do-nothing-staff.
SRC has been living a lie since he stole the 2009 election. Now reality has set in and as usual, he’s hiding.
Genting has made it clear that:
$200 m is the end of their criminally expensive loans
They will not finance the casino
The Compact with the state demands several things SRC and Crew cannot deliver:
SRC promised the state a $500m “resort casino.” Because he has no investors or underwriting he’s trying to launch a “Beta” casino in a warehouse on the Tauton property. You can imagine the horror of even trying to offer that concept to the state gaming commission. There’s no substitution allowed.
The Compact also requires the SRC to pay off the old investors. That’s $60m that they do not have, obviously. He’s trying to negotiate installments. Not allowed. SRC is trying to argue that the payoff comes later… another untruth. The Compact requires that it be paid in full.
And even more damaging is the 6 years time period that allows for potential lawsuits over the shaky, shady LIT decision that hangs over the entire business like a wet blanket.
So you have a gaming commission eyeing a sure thing like a group who has backers and money and the ability to get a casino built without a lot of controversy. Generating tax dollars is the goal and MWT is undoubtedly financially unsound….
And well let’s face it ….our tribal government is loaded with ghetto fabulous drama and totally lacks credibility.
Most recently we have a tribal member working in finance who was indicted ( FBI investigation ) for money laundering dope money. It could open the door for the feds to start looking around just as the housing fraud, and council member involvement, has caught the eye of authorities because it is so bad and blatant misuse of federal dollars.
We had a tribal member who was a high level staffer on the gaming authority who was arrested for drug trafficking ( in his behind no less ).
So there’s “Less Stress” in issuing the license to a credible group with money an a true plan to develop a real resort casino in a better location that will generate tons of money.
We just can’t get a break.
Are you freakin’ kidding ?
Tribal members received this ridiculous card in the mail. It is inviting them to participate in some VISION quest to share ideas about tribal economic development. Funny, Reel Wamps has been harping and “ranting” (according to Yvonne Frye Avant) for years about the lack of a strategy to put our people to work utilizing our own resources and heritage. And most recently we said that the so called plan for the Genting casino, that is “In Our Name Only” lacks an Economic Development Plan according to the laws of Indian Gaming….now all of a sudden they want to engage tribal members in coming up with a plan?
Are you kidding or what? Reel Wamps questioned the lack of a plan in the previous post a week ago. Besides they’ll have all those overpaid, over billing Boston lawyers and Navajo Joe and Arlinda Arlinda the Really Big Spender throw something together while pretending to solicit imput from whoever wants to run their mouth to them.
We have spent upwards of $70m dollars on salaries for council members and leadership who are blatantly corrupt…lawyers and consultants who have over billed and gouged us under the watchful eyes of Shovel Ready Ceddie. And council members who are merciless in their greed.
We have a food pantry courtesy of the Boston Food Bank and a paid council getting millions.
But wait….LET’S TALK ABOUT FOOLISHNESS!
Ceddie was sloppy drunk at the staff Christmas party last Friday….You know it was at a fancy hotel.It damn sure wasn’t Sea Mist. We have to say something is going on because Running Bear ( we still don’t know how he got that name…probably made up when he bought the turquoise bolo that has become a growth on his neck) is not seen drunk in public. Just keeps mumbling ” Malfeasance misfeasance….”
Stick to golf girl.
The MWT has been named Public Relations Nightmare of the Year because it has an army of hacks who just collect a check and dribble out press releases about minimal events that are rewritten by lazy reporters. Trish Keliinui has been back on a job created just for her a few months ago...doing who knows what. She just has to belong…Little Miss Needy. It isn’t like she needs the money or anything. Another $55k for her to sashay all around Sean Gonsalves works for Regan PR and is our spokesman because half the time no one wants to answer questions…especially Running Bear. Regan makes $15k a month and probably cranks maybe 2-3 releases a month. Course when we have tribal members raging at Sea Mist they spring into action with condescending lecturers about behavior. That torturous Mittark has filled up more trash cans and is a complete mess …the paper is so expensive it’s not even good herring wrapper. Ceddie does a dissertation every edition that is 2 pages long and very poorly written. Alot of propaganda and very few tribal members in it. Lot of casino stalkers. When the flaky BIA LIT decision came…the only pictures in the Mittark were of the council, and the Fryes because no one was celebrating.
Going off like a whirlybird. Dancing and documentaries ain’t your thing.
And finally there’s Paula Peters who has reemerged as Martin Scorsese with that silly homemade video Mashpee 9, featuring Brian Weeden running reenacting a Wampanoag messenger. When she tried to show it to the Elders, Bernadine told her to “Turn that off…we don’t want to watch that.” It’s so bad, yet Paula has the nerve to try to raise $60k for it. You may recall that Brian can’t seem to outgrow the Tribal Youth organization and keeps hanging on as a consultant, chairman, adviser and so it goes:
I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Why should I grow up?
Not me,
Not I,
Not me!
So there!
mis·fea·sance — a transgression, especially the wrongful exercise of lawful authority.
mal·fea·sance
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wrongdoing, especially by a public official.
We have to remind people that misfeasance and malfeasance are preeminent in the tribal government. Reel Wamps was astounded that the Cromwell Administration is struggling to finance this casino and is trying to beg, bond and borrow money to do it, which is unheard of. Genting is not going foot the bill for everything. Just the salaries of this corrupt government.
Ceddie with eyes closed in prayer, ” Praise God the millions are mine.”
You realize that these people keep paying themselves huge salaries and deliver no tangible services to the tribe, which is very suspicious and is at the top of
“misfeasance/malfeasance” criteria. Believe it or not, you cannot get paid and fail to provide service to constituents. Not even in a so called nation within a nation without the completion of LIT. Also our tribal government takes federal funds and blatantly misappropriates money to family members. Moreover they hire people who are do not meet job descriptions, lie about their college education, have been fired from WIA and rehired making $87,000 in salary and benefits. Right. Then the person who replaced that one at WIA has a full time assistant and between the two of them make $116,000 a year to manage a $40,000 WIA grant.
All smiles at the Ball. When Natives rumbled, ran the White people outta the hotel and cops tased, Ceddie hid in his room. Leadership is too much tor him. He’s afraid of the Mashpee.
More ridiculous is that as the tribe gets closer to the $250 m cap, borrowing up a storm.. they still cannot afford to pay the $60 m owed to the old investors who helped with recognition. That’s a very critical part of the Compact with the state of Massachusetts because they have to pay it or cannot get the license.
The more absurd deal is the fact that Cedric has paid $56m for 150 acres of patchwork land in Majestic Taunton. $10M of it is not deductible or refundable and was paid TO HOLD LAND YOU CANNOT GIVE AWAY! Smells funky to us…very funky indeed. Get the air freshener.
Cedric and his brain trust could have saved $50m and bought the 536 contiguous acres in Middleboro for $6m which is home to one of our ancient villages and truly our homeland. We still don’t know what our historic ties to Taunton are…we do know that our people were not that far north…but you know what happens when you’re overpaying for stuff don’t you?
There’s another red flag flying over the proposal submitted to the National Indian Gaming Commission. It lacks a tribal economic development plan. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act requires that gaming tribes have an economic development plan as the backup to ensure sustainability. Casinos don’t last long and it makes sense. They had to resubmit the plan for finance problems. Now its just siting there. We are one of the few tribes
When it comes to making a living, Ceddie and Crew come first.
with a homeland that has historic sites, fishing and hunting and a vigorous tourist trade that can provide us a good quality of life. Cedric never cared about our future, just kept taking the checks, imitating Indians and embarrassing us in Indian Country.
Tribal members filing the reparations lawsuit say they plan to include money lost under the Cromwell administration’s 6 year tenure. That would mean at least $6m-$7m for the loss of grant dollars, housing and other revenues that were shut down or disappeared because of gross incompetence and nepotism.
Of course that’s only if the flaky LIT decision survives.
The budget is $20m. $5m for the infamous slush fund better known as the Gaming Commission...managed by dope dealers who say they don’t
Phillp said he didn’t know nothing about those straws or the dope in his behind.
know about the heroine attached to a straw in their behinds. Commissioners who are cops, tribal council officers and commission staff (habitual offender) caught in compromising situations in Las Vegas. No criminals allowed on a gaming commission according to IGRA. But the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Crew has its own rules. The other $15m is for the tribe. Yes they have the nerve to say that they need that much money to spend on about 300
families in Mashpee and surrounding towns on the Cape. So you do the math.
For all that money you get some tacky parties a ham and some turkeys.
That’s why misfeasance and malfeasance is against the law.
A hurtful place….in the Empire
Well….4 more Frye’s have been added to the Empire. The Empire has 4 more Fryes added to their 80 percent domination. Kevin Frye who has been on the Mashpee Police department was demoted for reasons unknown along with his cousin Curtis Frye Jr., will be the tribal policeman. Let’s talk about this a little bit. Neither one of them are in very good shape.
Patty Oakley could back hand either one and keep goin’. Yes, and there are two more Frye’s, daughters, sons and cousins of other Empire dwellers making huge salaries with barely a high school education and they are not even trying to go to CCCC. Why should they? Course when everything falls apart they will wish they got a formal education instead of stealing from their own family members and cousins. That is if they have any conscience at all.
We have much more to discuss tomorrow…it’s too much for tonight.
Say it ain’t so Aaron
Aaron wants back in the power structure and will do whatever he has to to get there.
Aaron Tobey wants back in and he really pulled a shrewd trick to get there. The former Vice Chairman joined others and worked hard to get over 140 signatures on a petition ( he loves petitions) condemning the 1.3 million dollars in raises that will be given to officers and paid council members.
Another point of interest…Aaron mailed out the indicting flyer pictures, salaries and all as his campaign material, pretty much discrediting the whole effort.
Well there was the great special
The flyer Aaron co-opted as campaign material to get a job from Cedric.
meeting to address this latest outrage and certain Elders were thrown out and others asked questions and raised hell. As Reel Wamps said prior to the meeting there would be no answers, nothing would happen and nothing did.
Back to Aaron. He had a lot to say about the abuse of tribal members at the hands of a heartless council. He and his buddy Cedric went at it hard. It was as though Aaron had amnesia and forgot all the damage he did to tribal laws pretending to be judge and jury etc etc. Aaron was part of the destruction of tribal law. He was part of the very undoing of the fabric of the tribe, creating the phony Elders, forcing the real ones out and a host of other outrageous political hacking that in the end proved his undoing.
But now, Aaron could be victorious again. Rumor has it that Aaron’s “advocacy” as he calls it, may have brought him results. He may have badgered Cedric into giving him a cushy job on the Gaming Authority reviewing contracts. If its true, Aaron used the raise issue to benefit himself not the tribe.
Aaron will be Aaron after all. Like Cedric, they are outsiders who rob you blind and without regret.
Land in Trust at any “Cost” has consequences
It’s a good idea to read stories by Marc Larocque in the the Taunton Gazette. Larocque is a serious reporter who thoroughly researches his stories. He also substantiates why certain things will happen and why the worst is yet to come concerning the casino. He actually interviews people who know and understand Indian law. He is a straight shooter and he does more than print a press release and make fun of tribal members futile attempts to fight the corrupt Cromwell regime. We have to give him credit for telling the whole story and what to expect.
Since we’re honest at Reel Wamps we have to admit that Larocque has confirmed every aspect of our speculation concerning the flimsy LIT decision, the state’s continued skepticism about the Arkana (tribal) casino while it considers issuing a commercial license and lawsuits that are bound to delay it by 3-4 years. Read the whole story from November 5: Below is a excerpt.
Brockton casino developers say Taunton casino won’t happen
“The Brockton casino proposal is the only remaining commercial license applicant pursuing a license provided to the southeastern region by the state’s gaming law. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission expects to make a decision on whether to issue a commercial license to Brockton by March. Tribal casinos are given preferential treatment under the Massachusetts law, but the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s proposal is likely to face challenges in court over the legitimacy of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s decision to award land in trust to the tribe for its project site in Taunton.
Mass Gaming and Entertainment presented a lawyer who specializes in Indian law and litigation, who claimed that the Department of Interior’s decision is “seriously flawed,” based on an “unprecedented” interpretation of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and a disregard for historical evidence that is critical to understanding the law.
David Tennant, a partner at the firm Nixon Peabody, said that several tribes have been unsuccessful in their efforts to petition Congress to change the precedent setting Carcieri v. Salazar decision issued by the Supreme Court in 2009, which held that a decision to grant land into trust hinges on whether the tribe was under federal jurisdiction in 1934 when the IRA became law. ”
Again, the only beneficiaries are Shovel Ready Ceddie and his gang. They get paid more than city commissioners serving millions of people. There is no profit to be seen from that casino (if it’s built) for 11 years.
Mashpee Wampanoag leader Eben Queppish pulled our paperwork together in 1933, but it was never filed. Maybe he knew who would be in charge.
Also, a group of tribal members are headed back to federal court to sue the Bureau for reparations. Other tribes recently got a big fat check, and have already set the precedent After all we were under federal jurisdiction they just forgot our benefits for 104 years right Kevin Washburn.? Oh ya they completely forgot our roll numbers too right?Where’s that top notch Indian lawyer Arlinda Locklear? Trying to protect that bullet proof LIT decision no doubt. Lots missing all the way around.
