WE RECENTLY HEARD A RUMOR OF A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS, WHO IS PLANNING TO GO TO LAS VEGAS FOR A GAMING CONVENTION.
WHEN WE CHECKED THIS OUT, WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS INDEED TRUE. THIS COUNCILOR AND HIS WIFE ARE GOING. WE WERE TOLD THE COUNCILOR DID THIS LAST YEAR, TOO. WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT, TRIBAL OFFICIALS SAID THAT IT WAS OKAY IF HE WENT.
HOW IS THIS OKAY? THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE THE CONSTITUTION, TRIBAL AND INDIAN LAW, CULTURE, MEMBERSHIP AND ENROLLMENT, ETC. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO WITH GAMING. GAMING FALLS UNDER THE TRIBAL COUNCIL AND THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY. IF HE WAS GOING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS RELATED TO WHAT THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS DO, THEN YES HE SHOULD GO. THIS TRIP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THIS, ONE TRIBAL OFFICIAL SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO? IF WE TELL HIM HE CAN'T GO, THEN HE MIGHT SAY WE CAN'T GO ON OUR TRIPS. THEY EVIDENTLY DO NOT WANT TO BE PUT IN THAT SITUATION. A TRIBAL COUNCILOR COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS WAS ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.
BROKENWING EDITORIALS JUST LEARNED TODAY, THAT THE CASINO HAS CUT BACK ON TRAVEL BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. IT WAS ALSO NOTED AT LAST WEEK'S TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE TRIBAL COUNCIL WILL NOT BE SENDING DELEGATIONS TO EITHER THE DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONS IN ORDER TO SAVE MONEY.
MEMBERS OF THE MOHEGAN TRIBE WHEN INTERVIEWED SAID THEY DID NOT THINK THE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS SHOULD BE GOING TO THE GAMING CONVENTION. AGAIN WHY IS THIS MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS GOING?
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I believe:
This unnamed member of the council will not take tribal money for this junket.
Some fat-cat tribal parasites (lobbyists) would be glad to fund it.
Or it will all be comp'd.
-A concerned party
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