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From: Brett A. Locklear
Date: 15 Jan 2004
Time: 13:49:20 -0500
Remote Name: 152.1.219.155
The issues you’ve brought to the table are indeed relative and valid. I assure you, my friend, that I do not live in a fantasy world, as you might assume, but I live in a world of virtue reality. I have been part of the tone and have, to the best of my ability, advocated thoroughly to governed principle that the tribe should adhere. After all, a constitution was established and voted upon, even if many did not fully understand its implications. Here me, I fully understand where you are coming from, especially with the dogma of allowing convicted felons to participate in the financial welfare of the tribe. Yet, I am conditioned to reiterate tribal staff is not the sole proprietor of this unfamed situation. There are other “powers to be” whom dictate many of the decisions the tribe makes. I agree that the tribe needs make amends for its negligence. However, the burden of those should not be placed upon one or a select few. Trust me… there is plenty of suggestive negligence to go around. Individuals do have the right to voice their concerns to the council. I never stated otherwise. What I have simply suggested is that we band together and unify our efforts instead of bashing one another. Reputations are on the line, but remember, the inheritance of problems stem further than what you’ve suggested. And, maybe we should clean house; where do we start? With the tribal council, the staff, whom??? The conditioning you propose is one which might prove beneficial, yet there are consequences to every action. Besides, even if we were to “clean house,” I still believe we would find ourselves in the same plight that we are already experiencing. Practice, my friend, makes permanence.