Sault Ste. Marie, Mi...By the time the board meeting started, there wasn't standing room left. 36,000 tribal members had packed into the Grand Ball Room at the Sault Tribe's flagship casino in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Many attendees quadrupled their height by adjournment time, and in the process became as skinny as a fence post.
Don't let the good ole' boys or girls on the board fool you folks, when they have provided enough room for every one to attend board meetings, maybe then, just maybe, they can harp at you for commenting on them. Not only haven't they provided the room for all tribal members to attend their meetings, they no longer broadcast them on public t v.
These corporate types like to turn things upside down on you, folks. Criticize their behavior and they'll intimidate you, if they can. If they can't they'll discredit you and discount your work, and then they will ignore you. In the worst case, they will have you fired.
But always remember, despite it all, they work for you. It's your money they are spending and because it is, they answer to you, not the other way around. If anybody has any right to set any rules as to who can say what about tribal politics, it's most definitely you and not them...
...in the final analysis, it's you who can do the firing at the ballot box.
Thank you, Charles Forgrave
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