CRACKS

RECENTLY I WAS TALKING TO A TRIBAL MEMBER, AND HE SAID SOMETHING KIND OF INTERESTING. HE SAID, I WOULD SEE YOU AND KEN AND THINK, DO THESE GUYS DO ANY WORK? EVERY TIME I GO TO THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING I SEE THEM THERE AND THEY ARE ALWAYS TALKING IN THE HALLWAYS, ETC. HE THOUGHT, WE WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

THEN HE LEARNED WHO WE WERE, THE EDITORS OF BROKENWING EDITORIALS AND THE FEATHER NEWS. HE THEN THOUGHT, IT WAS REALLY GOOD THAT HE WAS SEEING US THERE SO OFTEN.

IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE GONE TO THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING TO WATCH OUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN OPEN SESSION (WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING) IN THREE (3) WEEKS.

I WATCHED AS A PETITION AGAINST THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE WAS BEING PROCESSED. THE FEATHER NEWS WAS THERE WATCHING A COURT CASE.

WHAT WE SAW WAS TWO WIDE VERTICAL CRACKS IN THE WALLS AT THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING. ONE WAS OUTSIDE THE TRIBAL MEETING ROOM AND ONE WAS OUTSIDE THE CULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE TOLD THAT CRACKS LIKE THIS OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATION SETTLING OR THE WALLS NOT BEING ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT ABOVE THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE CRACKS BUT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT IS SOME KIND OF STRUCTURAL PROBLEM.

MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE BUILT THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CENTER. IT SEEMS LIKE THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT BUILDING IS STARTING TO CRUMBLE. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WALLS? WHAT DO YOU THINK?. SHOULDN'T THE GOVERNMENT START FIXING OUR BUILDING? ARE THERE OTHER CRACKS IN THE BUILDING THAT WE DID NOT SEE? DOES ANYONE KNOW?

EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE: IN FRONT OF THE MOHEGAN SUN GAS STATION, GOING SOUTH ON MOHEGAN SUN BOULEVARD IS A LARGE POT HOLE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. DO YOU THINK IT WILL EVER GET FILLED? DOES ANYONE KNOW?