SAULT TRIBE FACTS - If it is not a fact it must be fiction................................

Election cycle after election cycle, broad based community efforts have managed to maintain a core family dominance. The core family dominance has brought the Sault Tribe to ruins. Incompetence throughout the ranks is over-looked because of family ties. Not about what you know, it’s about whom you know.

Family after family and job after job the dream of self-supporting Tribal Members dwindles away. Some of the incumbents have seen this continuation of failures for DECADES and have yet to learn the lessons of the past.

Regardless of the bad decisions in the past and those thousands of Tribal Members affected by them, a ‘Community Effort’ has kept these individuals in Office. Only a ‘Community Effort’ can change this and put some fair and honest people on Board who will treat the Members equally.


Chairman

Aaron Payments record of failures is well documented. Members need to learn from the past. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is insanity.

Eitrem has yet to shed any negative light.


Unit 1

Abramson and Bouschor are the ultimate dinosaurs of the Board. With nearly 50 years Board experience they played critical roles in the Tribes successes and failures.

Yes, they made decisions that cost the Members of the Tribe 100s of millions of dollars. Not many of their decisions bore the fruits once promised.

Making $70,000.00 a year plus, they managed to get their families tailor made jobs with unjustifiable salaries. They take living large to another level.

McPherson the ex wife of Bernard Bouschor certainly has motive and experienced the benefits firsthand while with Bouschor.

McLeod a former Secretary for Bouschor in Greektown and close confident of Cathy Devoy. Who were both instrumental in derailing the Cultural Committee.


Unit 2

At one time there were high hopes for Lana Causley. In spite of all her efforts she became another follower.

Her family too is well taken care of by the Tribe through secure jobs and a tremendous amount of freebies. Ms. Causley has a lot of maturing to do in order to be a trusted leader. She needs to learn to separate business from pleasure.


Unit 3

Pat Rickley the poster child for the Mackinaw Bridge.

He came to the Board with ZERO qualifications and continues to have ZERO qualifications. The only thing Pat can be given credit for is being a nice guy. The last time I checked that will get you nowhere in business. Unit 3 lacks good candidates.

They have managed to produce Felony Fred and his Cousin Keith who had everything handed down to him. Unit 3 deserves better.

Encourage qualified people to run. Pat Rickley just doesn't cut it.


Unit 4

Tom Miller is still a bump on a log. Tom too is a product of the family affair. He followed in his Mothers footsteps.

What goes on in Unit 4 stays in Unit 4. If something doesn’t benefit Tom personally he wants nothing to do with it. Tom needs to be replaced by someone who is not a relation.

Support a qualified candidate. Change is good!!!


Unit 5

Election Off Year

Word from several Board Members is that the JKL Bahweting School is looking into a Management Company. The School Board held several secret meetings to entertain this proposal without Public knowledge.

This venture is getting away from the Schools original purpose. If they get their way the students will be walking around in lock-step with matching uniforms. The Parents, the Tribe and the Teachers will have little to say about how the School functions.

This appears to be another backdoor deal by Board President Isaac McKechnie. These secret meetings are unethical and punishable by law under the Open Meetings Act without the communities knowledge.

The people of the Community have an inherent right to know what is going on at the School were their children participate.

This proposal is about profit and power, not the quality of Education. The Administration is top heavy and has been for years. The Board President has too much discretional power and is out of control.

We encourage Parents and the Community to get involved in this process by calling or writing the School Board and demanding answers.


School Board Members:
Isaac McKechnie
President 440-6661
imckechnie@jklschool.org

Norma Castro
Vice President 632-6993
ncastro@jklschool.org

Regina Rolstone
Secretary
rrolstone@jklschool.org

Ken Dunton
Treasurer 635-1960
kdunton@jklschool.org

Anthony Andary
Trustee
aandary@jklschool.org

Nick VanAlstine
Trustee 259-0087
nvanalstine@jklschool.org

RED FLAG ! ! !

NOT EMPLOYABLE OUTSIDE THE TRIBE ! ! !

IS A DIVIDER NOT A UNITER ! ! !

Aaron Payment while Chairman of the Tribe wasted 4 years (AND $400,000.00 PLUS) chasing Bernard Bouschor and trying to justify his own juvenile behavior. Tribal Board Meetings mirrored that of the Jerry Springer Show. Payment made 100s of promises and managed to keep NONE of them. His lack of leadership failed to bring the Board together on critical issues.

RED FLAG ! ! !

HE’S A CRACKPOT ! ! !

RED FLAG ! ! !

Aaron Payment’s core group is slowly dwindling down. Many of his onetime staunch supporters have come to realize Payment is more wind than wonder. Aaron Payment failed them and caused many to experience lifetime hardships. Payment’s only intent was to use people and their resources for his own personal benefit. Power and control is more important than money to Payment.

In the below video the Current Chairman calls the Former Chairman Aaron Payment out on one of his MANY lies.

By now the Elders should of received the below letter from Tribal Board elect Chairman Joe Eitrem.

It appears that Chairman Eitrem would like the Elders to believe that do to the increase in the Elders population, the Lands Claim (Self-Sufficient Fund) payment to the Elders will only be $565.00 for the year.

This amount is a significant decrease from the $1,600.00 checks the Elders were receiving.

Reason: Increase in our Elders population?

Fact: The Chairmen and Board of Directors have been using the Elders Lands Claim money any way they want, even at huge losses to the Elders!

Fact: The Chairmen and Board of Directors owe the Lands Claim fund tens of millions of dollars!

Fact: The Self-Sufficient Fund has been mismanaged and used on some very risky ventures!

Fact: The Chairmen and some of the Board of Directors are the reason the Lands Claim money is disappearing!

When it came time to distribute the Lands Claim money, then Chairman Bernard Bouschor and some of the Board of Directors wanted full control over the Lands Claim money, like they have on EVERYTHING else ! ! !

Director Bouschor makes a lot of claims in his below Unit report that falls far from the truth.

The below documents clearly shows how the Sault Tribal Board wanted to utilize and control every aspect of the millions of dollars that was coming their way.



The 16 Page PDF document of the Michigan Indian Lands Claim Settlement Act can be viewed or downloaded from the below link.

You will be able to see the documents guidelines and how other Tribes chose to utilize their share of the Lands Claim money, compared to how the Sault Tribal Board did.

http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/laws/105/publ143.105.pdf



You can stop the BLEEDING of the Self-Sufficient Fund with your vote! Don't let future generations suffer because we failed to act now.

Sault Tribe Board of Directors Use You’re Vote !

As anticipated and months of political posturing most of the Sault Tribe Board of Directors have elected Director Joe Eitrem to fill in the rest of Joe McCoy’s term as Chairman, the term will end in June 2012.

Joe McCoy’s resignation on May 10, 2011 left a lot of unanswered questions to the membership. The Tribal membership want to know, what lead up to Mr. McCoy’s resignation other then “due to circumstances beyond my control”. Was it because of a personal situation or was it a political situation that many Tribal members suspect?

If it was political, then the Tribal membership has all the rights to be concerned. It would have been Joe McCoys responsibility to inform the membership of any potential problems within the Tribal Government, unless he was part of the problem too.

The other thing the Tribal members are concerned about is who will the Tribal Board put in Joe Eitrem’s empty seat? Will it be someone they owe a political favor too or a person that will help the Old Guard strengthen their iron grip on the Tribe once again?

You can expect more to be said on this issue as the Tribal Board does the membership’s duty and once again elect whomever they want to fill Joe Eitrem's empty Board seat in Unit 1.

It is no surprise that the Tribal Membership has not trusted the Sault Tribe Government since the Bouschor, Payment, McCoy and now possibly the Eitrem administration, especially when they allow themselves to take your vote and use it anyway they want.


It's definitely time for a Big Change come the next election.