ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009. THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL COUNCIL PASSED THE "RESTRICTIONS OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE."
OH, I'M WRONG, IT WAS THE "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE."
THE WAY THE ORDINANCE WORKS IS LIKE THIS. ONE SPY (TRIBAL COUNCIL MEMBER) SAYS TO ANOTHER SPY (TRIBAL MEMBER), "I COULD TELL YOU. BUT THEN I WOULD HAVE TO KILL YOU."
THE ORDINANCE IS VERY PROHIBITIVE. IT REALLY ACTS MORE LIKE A RESTRINGING OF INFORMATION THEN WHAT IT IS CALLED.. IT IS REALLY A VERY BAD LAW. THIS NEW FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE NEEDS TO GO.
THE VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE, WAS EIGHT (8) IN FAVOR AND ONE (1) AGAINST. THE ONE AGAINST WAS MARK HAMILTON. THANK YOU COUNCILOR HAMILTON FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
MOHEGAN TRIBAL MEMBERS, CONTACT MYSELF VIA THE COMMENT SECTION ON BROKENWING EDITORIALS OR TO FEATHER NEWS, AND WE WILL FILL YOU IN ON THE DETAILS.
IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING, YEARS AGO THE TRIBAL COUNCIL WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ETHICS ORDINANCE CASE AND THEY PASSED A NEW ETHICS ORDINANCE. NOW A TRIBAL MEMBER IS IN COURT ABOUT FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS AND WHAT IS THE TRIBAL COUNCIL PASSING BUT A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT A PETITION IS GOING AROUND TO HAVE A REFERENDUM (VOTE) BY THE TRIBE, LIKE WE DID WITH THE ETHICS ORDINANCE YEARS AGO.
IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE, YOU CAN CONTACT ME VIA THE COMMENT SECTION ON BROKENWING EDITORIALS OR ON THE COMMENT SECTION AT FEATHER NEWS. WE WILL NOT POST YOUR E-MAILS. IN FACT, WE WILL QUICKLY DESTROY THEM, FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
WHEN THE CONSTITUTION REVISION COMMITTEE WAS AROUND, THEY HAD SENT TO THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS, A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT FOR THE CONSTITUTION. THAT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN THIS ORDINANCE. MAYBE THE TRIBAL COUNCIL SHOULD LOOK AT IT AND USE IT AS A MODEL FOR THEIR ORDINANCE. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WE NEED OUR GOVERNMENT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT NOT MORE SECRETIVE. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT ALL THE DECISIONS THAT THE TRIBAL COUNCIL IS MAKING, BUT WE CAN CHANGE THIS. THIS IS A TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
5 comments:
bill, i applaud you and ken for the effort of informing tribal members of truth. it is sad and unfortunate that the council has seen fit to pass such a law. please add my name to said petition. thank you. traci galarza, palm bay fla. dreamday4u2@yahoo.com
DOES COUNCILOR HAMILTON EVER VOTE ON ANYTHING?
This is a disgrace and what are our leaders doing?? Really don't they have anything better to do like finding out why a gambler was able to bounce a 10m dollar check. The answer is they don't know how to deal with real issue's like our casino loosing 10million dollar's they just want to silence the membership because they think they can get away with it.
Depends on if he's awake or not.
Sometimes the comments are as interesting as the story. Councilor Hamilton did vote, it was just different from the rest of the Council. It's called voting one's conscience and what is best for the majority. Politics 101.
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