Sault Ste. Marie, Mi...The Sault Tribe board met in secret two days ago and voted to reimburse former police chief and board member Fred Paquinn with back pay that he claimed was due to him. It did this in spite of the fact that the former tribal employee is a convicted felon, making his employment contract with the tribe null and void.
Mr. Fred Paquinn stole over $ 800,000.00 in your name. He wrote on grants in your name and used the money as his own personal slush fund...buying things for himself and his extended family members. While there may be a legal question as to whether he is entitled to the back pay, one thing is clear...he stole more money from you than what you owe him.
Fred Paquinn feels you owe him $ 18,000.00. Well, he stole over $ 800,000.00 in your name...money earmarked for the purchase of police vehicles and other law enforcement equipment meant to make your community a safer place to live.
So why did the board honor his request for back pay? 1. Was it to help him repay you $ 238,000.00 as the court order him. 2. Was it for political reasons? 3. Is there something going on here that only the board can understand?
Well, this time board arrogance wins. The likelihood is that it's number three.
Mr. Fred Paquinn was part of the brotherhood of complicity and secrecy (and still is because of his insiders' knowledge) which is subscribed to by several of our old time board members...thinking here of directors Abramson, Boushor and Eitrem. These three charming individuals subscribe to the concept of honor among thieves. Each of them having enough incriminating information on the others to cause them considerable harm.
Thus, the complicity and secrecy.
Thank you, Charles Forgrave
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My GOD will it ever end? I will never again vote for a standing board member. I am seeing why my elders in my family would not talk or have anything to do with our tribal leaders.....Baamaapii
Unfortunately, the tribal members and especially the Board of Directors have been outwitted again.
Thank Abramson, Joe McCoy, Benard Bouschor, Eitrem, Rickley and Lana Causley for all of the distrust in government felt by tribal members.
Don't be surprised if there is more to come. These people see that their political careers are ending and they will try every stunt in the book to satisfy their greed before being removed from their trusted post.
Add Deb Pine to that list
The behavior of criminals is going to continue because they can get away with it. I am not sure how accurate the Evening News was but it said Cathy Abramson voted for payoff because she was influenced to do so by so many recent case losses. If that is the case, meaning, if she really said that, it sends a clear signal that she cannot be counted to vote for justice. My feeling about her alleged statement is that she must be ready to retire. I think we need to call her on the carpet and make her explain what she did and why. Supporting Bernard has always been her MO so nothing new there. Perhaps she sees the writing on the wall for the next election and that she has less than a snowballs chance in hell of winning which makes her useless as far as getting her to vote for change. If I was on the board I would not include her in any new efforts to bring justice. She has to be considered a lameduck now and we have to get her replacement ready. But, she should be called on the public carpet to explain her justification of this vote. We might hear some interesting new facts or we might just get a reaffirmation of what we already suspect. Get rid of income bents now.
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