MOHEGAN LOTTERY

ONE MOHEGAN TRIBAL MEMBER SAYS TO ANOTHER MOHEGAN TRIBAL MEMBER, "IT'S THE MOHEGAN LOTTERY." THEY BOTH LAUGHED. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION FOR THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL COUNCIL.

IF YOU ARE A MOHEGAN TRIBAL MEMBER 21 YEARS OR OLDER AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE MOHEGAN TRIBE, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR THE TRIBAL COUNCIL. THERE IS NO PAST EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS OR EDUCATION STANDARDS.

TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ELECTION, THINK OF WHAT THE VICE CHAIRWOMAN LYNN MALERBA OF THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL COUNCIL SAID., WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE CUTS THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL COUNCIL RECENTLY MADE.. SHE SAID, "WE COULD DO NOTHING." SHE THEN BASICALLY SAID THAT WHAT THE TRIBAL COUNCIL WAS DOING COULD BE POLITICAL SUICIDE.

THE TRIBAL COUNCIL MAKES TOUGH DECISIONS. SOMETIMES THEY GET IT RIGHT AND SOMETIMES THEY GET IT WRONG.

FIVE OF THE EXISTING TRIBAL COUNCIL, WILL PROBABLY RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. THEY ARE BRUCE "TWO DOGS" BOZSUM, LYNN MALERBA, JAMES GESSNER, WILLIAM QUIDGEON, AND MARK HAMILTON. LAST TIME OVER FORTY CANDIDATES RAN FOR THE TRIBAL COUNCIL. THERE ARE FIVE POSITIONS OPEN.

YOUR APPLICATION, IF YOU WANT TO RUN, MUST BE IN BY jANUARY 31, 2009. YOU CAN GET YOUR APPLICATION BY CONTACTING THE ELECTION COMMITTEE (GENE BAKER).

AS THE TRIBAL MEMBERS WALKED AWAY, ONE SAID TO THE OTHER, "JUST THROW YOUR HAT (NAME) IN, YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MIGHT WIN." THAT'S THE MOHEGAN LOTTERY. ANYONE CAN WIN.