Sault Ste. Marie, Mi...The tribal newspaper reports comprehensive communication is in the works. The tribe will communicate better with its members, the media, and the state and federal governments.
Whoop pee! Isn't that wonderful. What does it mean for the average tribal member? It means the truth about the tribe's business will be buried deeper in mumble-jumble, journalist will work at the point of a politicians gun to get the ( their ) news out to you.
Why not approach comprehensive communication as proposed in the new constitution...which the tribe spent $400,000.00 on and promised the members a vote to ratify it. In the proposal, the newspaper would be overseen by an independent editorial board; it would be left up to them what did or did not get in it.
So big deal--tribal government will be reported on comprehensively in a government owned and edited newspaper. Members can surely can expect an article on government waste in every edition..along a report on holding leaders responsible for the outcomes of their decisions, especially when it has to do with the tribe losing millions of more dollars.. as in the millions spent finishing Greektown even after it was in bankruptcy.
Or their circumventing of the constitution and arranging behind closed doors to have one of their own appointed to the tribal court, which operates under the board's heavy judicial thumb.
It's called spoon-feeding. News flows from the government owned and edited newspaper to the people. They aren't allowed an opinion in it on the goings-on of their own government. The government controls everything...and it owns the spoon.
Thank you, Charles Forgrave
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