Reznjun

i went to the general council meeting yesterday. it was the first one i attended since they quit giving $25 wal-mart cards. i am honest enough to say my interest stopped when that promotion did. i wasnt the only one i guess. they used to have 3 to 4 hundred skins over there. yesterday it topped out at around 105 or so.

the meeting was called to order at 9:07. amazingly they zapped right thru the meeting. reports didnt take long. the crowd was assured if they had any questions they could call on council members. wasnt elaborated on whether you would get an answer or not.

 a motion was made to change the agenda to accomodate the gathering report.  after that the minutes were approved.  then there was discussion on whether or not to change the gaming elections in february so they would be held at the same time as the council election in july. a motion was made to vote on bringing it back to the next general council meeting in october so it could be voted on then. no shit. that really happened. might sound like a waste of time but this would save the nation a grand total of 14 thousand dollars. that u.s dollars. we will wait three months to see if we save this.

then a motion was made to cut the number of gaming commissioners from 5 to whatever. one member said most oklahoma tribes only have one, but then they have lotsa embezzlement. this drew laughter. it was pointed out that the gaming commissions’ budget had been cut by 800 thou. then again by 240 thou. so the question was why another cut. another man said the casino has been operating 12 years without a scandal. so why change. the motion failed.

that concluded the only business brought up. we can save 14 thou and we can cut some jobs back. after the treas. gave his report they had a question period. this probably lasted longer than the rest of the meeting. it wasnt the question so much as the build up to the questions that took a long time. one person rambled on and never really asked a question. a few people were concerned we have spent over 16 million in dekalb. they wanted to know what we have to show for it. an answer was given but i didnt get it. one wanted the council to take the travel there out of their own budgets. this drew a few shocked looks.

it was brought up several times “to stop this in-fighting among ourselves”.  i guess it was merely discussion cuz it wasnt brought up for a vote. otherwise i woulda voted hell yeah.

in one of the reports they said the council was working on the dance grounds. the work is nearing completion it said. that was news to me. they quit working on it in april and nothing has been done since.  i told one council member this. he asked me what still needed to be done. so i told him. dont know what will happen with that.

i signed up to be a volunteer at the gathering. i will work at the regristration booth to sign in guests on  thursday. then i get to drive one of the golf carts. that is big time. i offered to do that before but got the run around bout me not being on the insurance. then i seen teenagers driving the carts. i guess this committee will throw caution to the wind on that matter and let me drive one of the carts. i am looking forward to that trip.

the meeting was adjourned at 11:34. not much hating went on. some council people got off with only stating their name. one caught hell for re stating his name for the stenographer. one didnt say anything. just witnessing the events as they unfolded was entertaining. i may go again to the next one. the suspense of whether or not we will save 14 thousand dollars will kill me.