Lovelorn Grondin's Blind Desire for Lana Causley

I received the email below from Tony Grondin today and it makes me ill the extent that some people will go to in order to promote their political favorites and fantasies. The suggestion that Aaron Payment had anything to do with Fred Paquin's crimes are nothing but slanderous untrue statements. When Aaron Payment received information that Paquin was involved in the embezzlement of government funds, he assisted and worked with the FBI during the investigation of Paquin. I also received information regarding Paquin's fraud and embezzlement that I supplied to Aaron Payment and Todd Gravelle, who in turn supplied such to the federal authorities. If anything, Aaron (and Todd) were responsible for the successful conviction of the former Sault Tribe police chief.

It has been said that Mr. Grondin has a long standing lovesick infatuation with Lana Causley and will do or say anything to support her. The email (below) that I received, with its blatant lies intended to promote Causley's appointment, confirms it for me. I normally ignore Grondin's nonsense but this letter calls for an immediate response to dispute such blatant and inflammatory lies.

I, for one, have had it with this tribe being run on lies and misinformation. The lovelorn Grondin should realize by now that the object of his desires only purpose for him is to perpetuate a continued string of deception.

Grondin wrote:
"To all concerned tribal members,

It is apparent that there may not be enough time to have a special election before the term of Joe McCoy's Chairman's seat is up. It is even more apparent that Aaron Payment is getting nervous as he is concerned Vice-Chairman Lana Causley may be appointed Chairperson for the remainder of McCoy's term.

We must remember that Aaron Payment was part of the administration that allowed Felon, Fred Paquin, now serving a year in federal prison, to abuse his power and steal from the Federal Government. There is a real possibility that Aaron Payment will be the target of a federal investigation for abuses of the office of Chairman of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

Time and time again I hear that we need to let our ELECT officials make decisions we elected them for. Those decision include appointing a chairman if the seat is vacated before the term is up. In one of our recent tribal news publications ex-chairman Joe McCoy chastised the membership for asking for a referendum because of the expense.

We now have another ex-chairman, Aaron Payment, urging our elected officials to spend more money on a special election to fill the chairman's seat that will be decided by the membership anyway in little over a year. History tells us that ex-chairman Aaron Payment, has little regard for spending money as one of his first directives as chairman was to put a private shower in his office.

It's time our elected officials make responsible decisions. We have an ex-chairman, Aaron Payment that has been out of the loop. wanting to come back for a little over a year and make decisions on things that our sitting board knows more about right now. There are 12 sitting board members to choose from to fill the chairman's seat for the remainder of the term."