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CANDIDATES’ STATEMENTS Please remember to vote! You may vote absentee by mailing in your ballot. OR You may vote in person on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001 Siletz Tribal Community Center 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Pat, con’t from page 9 input was to assure Tribal Council accountability to the membership, General Council members just the opposite outcome if the have been totally ignored. I would recent proposed amendments had passed. Committee-hosted like to see the General Council meetings more productive and community meetings was only the first step in the process. The next informative for the membership. step should have been to have full For example, full up-to-date financial reports on the tribe and discussions at General Council meetings on the committee’s Chinook Winds Casino should be recommendations prior to a vote of available at each meeting. Full disclosure of any proposals or the people. Yet again, the membership was ignored. actions affecting the membership as Upon direction of the Tribal a whole, especially proposed Council, the tribal chief of police constitutional amendments, should has been on duty and armed at the take place at each meeting. last two General Council meetings. Although the membership I believe this threatening presence voted overwhelmingly at the is wrong! After all, General Council February 1999 General Council meetings are for the membership. meeting to have electronic voting conducted by an independent No one should be fearful of personal harm when attending source, there has been no action taken by the Tribal Council to meetings that are rightfully for within our assure that our voting process is fair provided and honest. And, most recently, the Constitution. I feel very strongly that it is proposed constitutional amend ments were not even discussed at the duty of Tribal Council members to make decisions that benefit the General Council meetings, even though the Tribal Council entire membership, not just a select developed these particular few or even themselves personally. I commit to you that I will listen to amendments over a year ago your concerns and do everything and ignored the proposed possible to assure you that my amendments developed through actions will be in the best interest community meetings. The Constitution Committee of our tribe now and in the future. Thank you for your support. had held numerous community Respectfully, meetings for over a year. The Pat Duncan primary focus of tribal member 10 Hello Everyone, The past three years have been good for the Siletz Tribe. We have gotten our Planning, Grant Writer, and Economic Development staff up and running smoothly. Other positions within the Siletz office and health clinic have been filled; some have been vacant for awhile. The Chinook Winds Casino celebrated its fifth anniversary. The solstices and pow-wows have been well attended. The only disruption this Mary “Dolly ” Fisher year has been the Notice of Violation with the Tribal Council or AKA Board of Directors for the casino. There have been no violations. but the struggle still goes on. The Internet and perhaps some disgruntled ex-Tribal Council recallees have access through the National Indian Gaming Commission, so the report has gone nationwide. Our legal staff has come up with a name of a previous tribal chairman who has been involved. There are others, many family members of the five recalled persons. Over 200 tribes have supported the Siletz Council. A present Council member has access to all of the confidential information and we know that is shared. Tribal CounciPeltctfctoS ^ire coming up in February 2001.1 am a candidate for that election and would deeply appreciate your vote of support. I have been on the Council for a few years, back to Restoration, and I feel I have done the best possible. I have been honest and have a good reputation in Indian country, which includes national and state organizations. My goal has always been to do the best for our tribe. Think it over and cast your ballot with your heart instead of the rumors you read or hear. My home phone number is 541 -444-2691. If you have a question or concerns, please call. Thank You Respectively, Mary A. “Dolly” Fisher Important Dates for this Year’s Elections Jan. 6, 2001 Candidates Fair - Keizer City Keizer, Oregon, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 29, 2001 No more mail-in ballots will be sent out Feb. 3, 2001 Election Day Hall,
