PRESS RELEASE: Morey launches campaign for LCO Tribal Council

Long time Lac Courte Oreilles news editor, Joe Morey, announced his candidacy for the LCO Tribal Council through the launch of his website, votejoemorey.wix.com/votejoe which highlights several key issues affecting tribal membership this campaign season.

Morey said the top priority of his campaign is to focus on improving the health of the LCO community by encouraging investment in business development and creating jobs.

“We need to return jobs to our members who have lost employment under the current leadership,” Morey said. “Some of our employees who held jobs for two decades now drive over an hour away to competitor casinos to work the same jobs they held here. We need to bring those people home and reinstate them without delay. It’s the right thing to do.”

Morey also plans to work diligently to improve the financial status of our business enterprises. “All of our businesses should be turning a profit, but most of them are failing. We need to give our managers more control, but at the same time, we need to make them more accountable for their losses. If they can’t turn it around, then we need to close those failing enterprises and reinvest in ones that can and will make a profit for our tribe. This only makes good business sense and in the long run, will create more jobs and help to improve the quality of life on our reservation.”

His second campaign issue focuses on transparency throughout tribal administration. Morey believes his 20 years as a newspaper reporter gives him an edge on breaking through the veil of secrecy that the tribal council has operated under for the past 10 years.

“I’ll be an open book once elected continuing to write my weekly blog at lcotoday.blogspot.com and I’ll make sure that our tribal membership is well-aware of the ongoing activities of their leadership,” Morey said.

Morey said he has an exciting campaign planned, which includes door-to-door greetings of the members, a couple of parties, a bi-weekly printed newsletter, regular blogs, and more.

“I plan to give it everything I got. Win or lose, I’m going to shake things up a bit.”

The primary election for LCO Tribal Council is set for May 16. There are four seats up for re-election, meaning that the top 8 in the primary will advance to the General Election on June 20.

For more information, contact Joe at 715-558-9807