Isham a bad chairman according to 87% of voters

The results are in and 87% of those who voted in the poll decided that LCO Chairman Mic Isham is bad for LCO. Concerns over recent months about his leadership failures vary from mismanagement and corruption to restrictions on normal freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

In this blog I will share with you a list of some of these complaints coming from tribal members throughout the community. These complaints have been expressed through meetings. If you feel that there is something the chairman has done good for our tribe, or some major accomplishment, please feel free to make a comment at the bottom of the article.

There is a General Membership Meeting planned for Friday morning, July 1, at the bingo hall. Many of our tribal membership has decided that we won’t allow this meeting to be the usual brush over of BS that our chairman feeds us. We will demand answers to many questions and actions to certain problems that exist. I encourage everyone to attend this extremely important meeting of our people. The future of our tribe depends on it.

There is much division in our tribe right now and many of you won’t agree with what I’m writing today. Many of you won’t believe anything I say and you feel I’m lying and that I have an agenda. Many of you are part of the circle that benefits from this current leadership regime and absolutely refuse any sort of change. But, whatever your feelings, the fact remains that our tribe hasn’t witnessed this much division and suspicion in a very long time.

The people showed their frustration with our current chairman last summer when a movement was started and an overwhelming majority voted for all new council members. The incumbents were swept out of office, the first time a group of four had been swept since I was a kid. It said a lot. The four that were elected though, duped our electorate by convincing the masses that they weren’t for the current chairman and they were their own group for “change.”

Unfortunately, the group of four became a group of four puppets for the chairman and his two other crooks that were already on. Now, we have a council made up of 7 puppets all in agreement with each other, voting to support one bad policy after another from this crooked chairman. When you don’t have any opposition on a board, no voice for the other side, you have tyranny, a dictatorship and corruption that is allowed to fester. It’s a bad deal.

Here is a brief list of just a few examples of his poor leadership and great reasons for his resignation as chairman, for the good of our tribe. I only list them here and will go into more detail on different topics in future blogs.

Mismanagement of funds

Support for Jason Weaver accused of rape and assault of an Elder

Leaving a vacant seat on the council for nearly 5 months

Threatening Freedom of the press

Restrictions on freedom of speech for tribal employees

Non-tribal members getting directorships

Numerous firings, layoffs, reduced hours of tribal employees

Intimidation tactics by TGB using tribal attorneys

No communication by TGB with the people

People left in the dark about TGB decisions

K-12 School is in peril, debt and may be closed

Elder gifts were taken away or reduced

Has eliminated any authority for LCO boards, but yet blames them for TGB actions

Put up tribal lands for massive loans

The status of the Hideout is unknown

There are many other concerns, but these are just a few. If you are concerned about the future of our tribe, then attend the General Membership Meeting on July 1. Mark your calendars!