'Anonymous' on the Sault Tribe Election

Please understand what has happened to the resoutces of the Sault Tribe. We have lost more than a half a billion dollars, in cash, as a result of poor business practices and greed. Those people responsible for the failing path are in office and need to be replaced. The heart breaking story of Greektown is behind us but the same people directed that failure are making decisions, today, about our compromised future.

We can not expect them to, all of a sudden, have better judgement or act in the best interest of the tribe.
We didn't get accountability from any of the sitting Board members or Chairman.
We didn't get a new constitution with a separation of powers.
We don't have fairness in hiring or promotions.
We haven't received any improved representation.
(the list is endless)

As a voter, it is in large part our responsibility for the mess our tribe is in.
We trusted these people to work in our best interest.

They must be removed!
We need an independent election committee
We must demmand accountability.
We need the proposed constitution.

1. Wayne Geotz or DJ Malloy
2.( anyone but the incumbent)
3. Douglas Goudreau or Wayne Pemble
4. (write in anyone else)
5. Charles Matson or Boyd Snyder

WORD TRAVELS FAST...

No sooner did I post Holly Kibbles arrest, as published in the Sault Evening News, when I received an email and a couple of phone calls asking that I also note that other tribal employees were fired immediately for DUI's and similar crimes. They want to know...Will Kibble be fired or will she be the exception to the rule?

BAD KARMA

Soo Evening News with comments...4/26/2010

Pole struck
Sault Police also report a mishap near the intersection of E. Portage and Pine after a witness saw a vehicle hit a fence and light pole before late Friday. The witness apparently trailed the suspect vehicle to the Sugar Island Ferry and pointed it out to police upon their arrival.
Holly I. Kibble, 45, of Sugar Island was arrested for operating while intoxicated following a police investigation into the incident. She was also cited for reckless driving and leaving the scene of a property damage accident before being lodged in the Chippewa County Jail.

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Not_you
Holly Kibble fired a staff member at one time for getting a DUI, stating that 'the person was un-insurable for 5 years, and therefore unable to work for the department'...even though that person NEVER used company vehicles. She had a personal vendetta against this person.

Looks like karma has payed Mrs. Kibble a visit! Now, let’s all take bets on whether or not she'll fire herself for being 'un-insurable' because of her DUI (and then some). Hmmmmmmm??????
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hairycat28
you suck Not_you, you were probably the nark that fingered her at the ferry too!!!!
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julzinUP
Not_you is really only telling it like it is! Every word was true. Sad. But true.
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Not_you
Thanks julzinUP...what I said was exactly true. It is karma at its best, my friend. And haircat28--nope, wasn’t me. I don’t go anywhere near that ferry; however, if I witness a hit-and-run, regardless of who is driving the car, you can bet your sweet a$$ I would report it to the police as fast as my little hands could dial on my cell phone.

You break the law, you get arrested. Why is that such a hard concept to grasp around here?
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Tribal Elder
Why did you do it Holly? Looks like Holly set PRECEDENT in the Department that she runs! Will she be granted IMMUNITY, aka known as a TRIBAL FAVOR or BENEFIT to the so called ELITE.
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sharon54
I bet you wouldn't be calling the person who turned her in a nark if she damaged your property or injured your family member hairycat28. I'm with Not_You on this one. I see a crime happening, I am going to report it and I hope others would do the same. What goes around comes around.
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suninyourface
Holly Kibble is the sister to Hope Collia who is one of the defendants in the case against Fred Paquin, former Sault Tribe Police Chief. Two sisters in a world of trouble... Big question is if Kibble will be fired since she had others fired for lesser crimes.


A few short months ago, Kibble endangered a 93 year old tribal member when Kibble threatened to fire an employee if the employee's relative continued to care for the elderly lady. The feeble, elderly lady, who was confined to the use of a walker, was forced to quickly seek a new caregiver to spare the job of her friend.

KARMA....THOUGH SHALT NOT BE MEAN TO OLD PEOPLE

HAPPY EARTH DAY!
In 1969 Michigan's per capita income was 10% above the national average. Since then it has been sliding downward due to the loss of the manufacturing industry to 11% below the national average.

Michigan built its economy on manufacturing which provided 50% of our jobs. Michigan is at the top of the list for lost population which adds to the foreclosure rate and also decreases the amount of federal money coming to Michigan and your community. Detroit has lost more than 1/2 its population in recent years.

Michigan needs new industry and the fastest growing industry right now is clean energy. What I don't understand is why so many in Michigan are anti-clean energy jobs. If you pay attention to the anti-clean energy commercials it states who paid for them....AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE and politicians who speak against clean energy are likely on the dole with big oil.

There is no good reason for turning down clean energy technology and the jobs that will follow. Candidates for any political office, including those running for tribal positions, who work to convince Michiganders that clean energy will bring more jobs to our state will have my vote

Happy Earth Day!
Lynne Weaver

PAQUIN - MOTION TO BIFURCATE

See link...
Mary Cullen, daughter of former Sault Tribe Police Chief Fred Paquin,through her attorney moved that the court separate the prosecution and trial in the case if the United States versus Fred Paquin versus Mary Cullen.....Click here to read the actual court document.

Debra Pine Strives for Better Gravy in UNIT 1

Outside of her restaurant business, Debra Pine is seeking to be elected to the Sault Tribe Board of Directors and join the "already too many of one family" siphoning off of the tribe's resources. That's where the good gravy is ! Many of her close family members know what it is to be in the Sault Tribe gravy. In her Campaign note, in the tribe paper, she states, "utilizing my consensus building skills will be an asset"....will help to build a stronger unified family.

Is she referring to a stronger hold on the tribe by joining her relatives? Debra's encouragement most likely came from Jolene Nertoli.....or Benard Bouschor. Jolene, if you remember, was paid out of the 2.66 million dollar giveaway orchestrated by Benard Bouschor.

In case of Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernard Bouschor; and Miller Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.; Daniel T. Green; Paul W. Shagen; Joseph M. Paczkowski; David E. Scott; Jolene M. Nertoli; James M. Jannetta; Daniel J. Weaver


It is just more of the same...Bouschor, McCoy, Abramson, Hoffman & Pine. Sault Tribe Board of Directors...a family reunion every time they meet.

RJanetos

GREEKTOWN CASINO POSTS RECORD REVENUES

New management campaign ad helped Detroit casino boost profit, says analyst
Jaclyn Trop / The Detroit News

Greektown Casino-Hotel won big in March, announcing its highest monthly revenue in the Detroit gaming hall's history.

March's $33.48 million boost was a 9 percent improvement over the same period a year ago and capped the casino's best-ever quarter. Greektown posted a record $91.9 million in revenues for the first quarter of this year, compared with $81.7 million for the same period in 2009.

From The Detroit News

The Sault Tribe Board of Directors lost your money. Those directors who were involved in inappropriate business decisions involving Greektown should be removed. Better yet, save us the trouble and step down. Those who served on the Greektown board do not deserve a $67,000 paycheck plus benefits...Vote NO to all incumbents.

Lynne Weaver

Greektown / Bouchour's Diamond Mine

Sault Ste. Marie, Mi...Before a ceremonial shovel broke the ground, the Sault Tribe owed $ 268,000,000.00 on Greektown. The Greeks sold their half to the tribe for that amount, after failing to get licensed by the state.

In doing so, these Detroit businessmen turned a paltry $24,000.00 investment into hundreds of millions of dollars.Thanks to tribal chairman and head negotiator, Boushour, they had previously acquired a half interest in it for that measly amount.

Operating on thin profit margins and burdened with staggering debt (from the get-go) and vulnerable to economic downswings, the end came to the misconceived, pie in the sky, diamond in the rough, ner'do-well casino in 2009.

With director and former tribal chairman Bouchor at his side, Joe McCoy, the current tribal chairmen threw an extra $42,000,000.00 at the problem and came up short again..depleting all of the tribe's cash reserves.

According to director Miller of Manistigue, the tribe has failed to even make a legitimate effort to retain the casino during the McCoy Administration.

Now there's an ear-full...

Thank you, Charles Forgrave

Sault Tribe Foolery Strikes Again..

It appears that members who voted in the recent election to separate the chairman and CEO positions may have wasted their time, ink and stamps.

This is the second time in recent years that the Sault Tribe Board of Directors have decided to bypass the Secretarial election results and go with what they wanted in the first place. Maybe they didn't expect it to pass so now some of the directors feel they must make the choice for the members who thought they had spoken through their vote.

Is anyone surprised that member votes were again overturned? We have an election coming up. Will the results be tossed again? Have the choices already been made for you?
Lynne Weaver

Sault Ste. Marie, Mi...They're happy to report to you on their trips to the nation and the state's capitals. They're reporting to you on the nice weather and encouraging you to take the time to smell the flowers. They're doing everything they can, they say, to move the tribe forward in a positive direction.

Meanwhile their conniving on how to defeat your collective will. Though the members voted recently in a secretarial election to separate the chair and CEO positions, they haven't decided yet whether or not they will do that. They've cooked up reasons for not doing it, declaring no administrative mechanisms exist for accomplishing that goal.

This is the same board that let director Boushour run in unit one even after the membership voted not to allow it. It's the same board that refused to escrow his wages even though everybody expects he will soon owe the tribe $ 2,600,000.00...and possibly more.

Greektown, a political football: director Bouchour, not up for reelection, eager to blame the previous administration for losing it and whatever else, says come this June its as good as gone. Director Miller, up for reelection, eager to put off a declaration of loss where Greektown is concerned, reports potential partners are out there and the board needs only to connect with them and put forth a proposal, to do something to save it. Director Hoffman, up for reelection, feels the present credit-holders may not get licensed. We still may own the place, however, he's not sure about it. Director Abramson, she attended a meeting of elders in Newberry with director Hoffman, where he talked to them about Greektown. But as for herself, she had no comment..sound familiar.

So...where does that leave the membership? Is there anybody on the board that knows what's going on with Greektown? What about the chairman, who now realizes how the secretarial election makes him even more of a figurehead than he already is, does his position retain enough power for him to still act as a tribal spokesperson?

Does the tribe have a true spokesperson anymore?

Thank you, Charles Forgrave