Some of the corruption might be blamed on stupidity, incompetence or unscrupulousness, like the acceptance of gifts and attendance at Tribal functions, but not all, especially on the part of Mr. Bond who is an attorney.
This is a comment that was posted regarding Mr. Bond's involvement --
There's the Middleboro land auction that was only advertised in the local weekly newspaper, conducted by now retired Town Manager, Jack Healey.
Mr. Healey pretended that he saved the Town money by not retaining an auctioneer, yet cheated the Town of fair market value, who was seen poring over Assessors' Maps with Stephen Graham prior to the auction. Isn't it curious that the Middleboro Board of Selectmen remained silent at the lie, including Mr. Bond? And isn't it curious that the only bidder present was a representative of Herb Strather, financial backer [at that time] of the Tribe? [Strather couldn't get a license in his home state because his background failed to pass muster.]
It was also curious that Neil Rosenthal, Middleboro business owner was present at only this auction.
There's Marsha Brunelle, Middleboro's own Gavel Queen who refused to allow the public to question or comment and refused to discuss the auction, even though a group of us were aware the land was to be auctioned for a CASINO.
And there's Wayne Perkins' connections.
There were backroom deals and secret meetings, many of which are known about. Mr. Bond conducted 'coven meetings' that were widely known and met secretly with the IBEW (and was seen). Once the road to riches seemed assured, his wife began to look at houses around Middleboro.
Recently, Mr. Bond has solicited 'support' from others, insisting on meeting out of town, including a meeting with Derek Maksy, Chairman of the Lakeville Board of Selectman [losing candidate for the seat Mr. Bond now seeks]. Why the secrecy?
Mr. Bond solicited dirt about the incumbent, Keiko Orrall, which is rather curious. The truth has never seemed to matter much to Mr. Bond in the past, such as the lies Mr. Bond has repeated and posted about me, an insignificant person.
Mr. Bond is so wildly unpopular in Middleboro, he was forced to ask numerous people to act as his 'campaign manager.' Maybe Middleboro voters remember Mr. Bond's erratic behavior.
Mr. Bond acted as a One-Man-Casino-Crusade, cramming the Middleboro deal through, spewing misinformation, yet attempted to insinuate himself into the Taunton opposition as a legal expert, a paradox!
For additional information --
The Book of Adam
Please review the comments --
Adam Bond is a Candidate for State Representative with Experience
Too much corruption! Glenn Marshall wasn't the only one who should have gone to prison.
The same backroom deals and secret meetings seem to have transpired Taunton.
Regardless of the vote, the Mashpee Wampanoags will NEVER get a Slot Barn and have mired themselves in debt to a Malaysian investors.
There's far more to tell, but a book will be written about this pathetic chapter in Middleboro history and the nature of greed.
Former Mashpee Tribal Council Chairman Glenn Marshall Returns Home
By: Brian Kehrl
Published: 06/08/12
Published: 06/08/12
Mr. Marshall was allowed to return to his East Falmouth home on Monday following a stint in a halfway house, the last stop in three-year a prison term that took him to a low-security facility in Pennsylvania and a medical care center in North Carolina.
He still faces probation that places several restrictions on his activity. Though his probation does not limit his involvement in the tribe, the tribal constitution requires political office holders to be free of felony convictions for the prior five years. Mr. Marshall pleaded guilty to five criminal counts, including making illegal campaign contributions, tax fraud, wire fraud, and Social Security fraud, in federal court in Boston in the spring of 2009.
His release comes at a sensitive time when the tribe is in the heat of pushing its Taunton casino plans forward with the city, state, and federal government. As was the case during much of his time as chairman, Mr. Marshall still has both ardent supporters and relentless detractors within the tribe.
Some revere Mr. Marshall for finally forcing the tribe’s application for federal recognition through the US Bureau of Indian Affairs and suggest that his crimes were either minor or done in the best interests of the tribe. The tribe obtained final federal recognition in 2007, after three decades of struggling with the BIA’s administrative process.
The campaign finance charges stem from 34 separate contributions Mr. Marshall and other tribe members made, using money from the tribe’s casino investors, to a host of federal politicians with clout in Washington, DC, and with the BIA. Another 25 contributions were made by straw contributors arranged by Mr. Marshall to state officials.
“Without him we wouldn’t have tribal recognition,” Chief Flying Eagle, Earl Mills Sr., said in an interview this week. “Glenn made a mistake but without Glenn we would not have recognition and chances are we would have never gotten it. There was no one who could have spent the 12 years to go through that arduous process.”
Glenn made a mistake but without Glenn we would not have recognition and chances are we would have never gotten it.
Yes! Glenn bribed politicians to gain federal recognition a la Jack Abramoff.
Chief Flying Eagle Earl Mills Sr.
Mr. Mills has been sharply critical of the current tribal council administration headed by Chairman Cedric Cromwell, who has sought since his campaign for office to split from the legacy of Mr. Marshall and his former vice chairman, Shawn W. Hendricks Sr.
There is one opinion agreed on by both Mr. Marshall’s supporters and detractors: the former chairman is smart and politically savvy.
Other tribe members, however, say he effectively stole from the tribe for personal gain and discredited the tribe on a statewide, if not national, stage. Mr. Marshall stepped down from office in August of 2007, just months after the tribe’s recognition, following his acknowledgment that he lied about his military career and did not disclose a criminal history from the 1980s.
According to the federal complaint to which Mr. Marshall pleaded guilty, he spent approximately $380,000 in four years on personal expenses such as groceries, vacations, tuition payments for a family member, restaurant tabs, home repairs, mortgage payments, and jewelry, according to the federal charges.
His detractors say many of their peers who maintain support for Mr. Marshall were either given favors by the former chairman or were members of the staff or administration during his reign.
According to court documents, he used money from the tribe’s first casino investors to pay out regular stipends of up to $2,000 to “certain favored members” of the tribe, as well as providing additional financial assistance to other members.
Mr. Marshall could not be reached for comment this week.
To recoup the stolen money, the tribal council has filed a civil suit in tribal court against Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hendricks, and former tribal council secretary Desire Hendricks Moreno.
The suit seeks restitution of approximately $1 million that was channeled through the Mashpee Fisherman’s Association, a business formed by Mr. Marshall and others, and not disclosed to the tribal council. The money was loaned to the tribe by investors and it was expected to be paid back if and when a tribal casino was built, according to information provided by tribal officials.
The investors deposited a total of $4 million in the account, which was also used to pay for professional services related to the tribe’s pursuit of recognition, like lawyers, lobbyists, and historians who prepared the substance of the application.
The suit, which was filed in January, is still in the preliminary stages in tribal court.
According to his probation guidelines, Mr. Marshall was already required to repay the tribal council $383,009.62.
The tribal council is first on the repayment schedule, but he also owes the Social Security Administration $84,603, as a result of charges that he collected disability payments while working a full-time job.
Under the terms of his release, he is also scheduled to sort out his tax liability and pay back taxes due to the US Internal Revenue Service, an amount the IRS estimated to be $90,965.
Until he pays back the tribe and the two agencies, he faces detailed restrictions on what he is allowed to spend money on.
His 41-month sentence was set at the low end of the possible range under the charges, and without more than $1 million in additional fines, in part because he cooperated with federal investigators. His sentence could have been reduced further if Mr. Marshall provided “substantial assistance” in the investigation or prosecution of another criminal. No one else was charged in connection to the case.
The US Bureau of Prisons also reduced his sentenced to 36 months based on good behavior while incarcerated.
http://www.capenews.net/communities/mashpee/news/1890
Middleboro BOS: Misplaced Indignation #6
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe yesterday terminated its contract with Stephen
Graham, the alleged mastermind behind illegal campaign contributions made by
former Wampanoag tribal chairman Glenn Marshall.
Stephen Graham was seen in Middleboro Town Hall poring over Assessors' Maps with Jack Healey, now retired Middleboro Town Manager.
For additional information about the corruption involved, here's a list of articles --
Abramoff, Casino Gambling, Political Corruption
Abramoff and Wampanoag Connections...Again!
Abramoff Corruption and Mashpee Wampanoags
To Talia: Casino Corruption #4
To Talia: Another Abramoff Buddy Bites the Dust!
To Talia: Casino Corruption #3
To Talia: Glenn Marshall and the Abramoff Corruption Connection
To Talia: Glenn Marshall and the Abramoff Corruption Connection
Abramoff and Wampanoag Connections...Again!
Campaign Contributions
This is a comment
from KOS
which seems curious since the connection to
Abramoff was never denied by the
Tribe --
The Mashpee were clients of Jack Abramoff, sort of.
His name never appeared as an official lobbyist for them, but
two of his protegés at Greenberg Traurig, Kevin Ring and
Michael Smith, served in that capacity.
The Abramoff Net
Glenn Marshall’s Bad Plan
predated Marshall's guilty plea
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....Kevin Ring and Michael Smith, still work with the Mashpee. On the hectic morning of [investor] Len Wolman’s visit,.....
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....Kevin Ring and Michael Smith, still work with the Mashpee. On the hectic morning of [investor] Len Wolman’s visit,.....
Abramoff's rumored to have intervened on their behalf "unofficially".
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indianz
included this comment, but failed to name the
6 tribal members --
.
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe donated $32K to Pombo
Tuesday, December 6, 2005 Members, leaders and lobbyists
for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts have donated $32,000 to Rep.
Richard Pombo (R-California) ever since he became chairman of the House
Resources Committee in January 2003.
The first Mashpee donation of $12,000 came from
six tribal members on September 29, 2003, the San Joaquin
News-Service reported. That same day, Jack Abramoff, the tribe's lobbyist, gave
$5,000 to Pombo's political action committee. Abramoff also gave $2,000 to
Pombo's re-election campaign earlier that year.
So far this year 2005, tribal members have donated
$12,000 Pombo's re-election campaign. Pombo denies the money had anything to do
with a bill he introduced to speed up the tribe's federal recognition petition.
Jack Healey and the Casino Investors
Casino investors engineered secret deal
In a secret deal, casino investors for the Mashpee
Wampanoag secured an option on 200 acres in Middleboro two days before they
purchased 125 adjacent acres from the town.
The deal, and the secrecy surrounding it, may have resulted in the town garnering less money than it could have had the deal last April been more widely advertised.
Former Middleboro Town Manager Jack Healey, who first
proposed the auction to raise money for the cash-strapped town, has since
retired and could not be reached for comment. Town and tribe officials first met
in March to begin talking about a proposed casino, according to Times
archives.
Middleboro selectmen approved the auction April 9 and it was held April 27. The auction was advertised only in the local weekly newspaper, town Treasurer Judy MacDonald said.
But if the town wanted to get top dollar for the property, it should have done more advertising, Stevens said.
Jack Healey and the Casino
Southbridge, Landfills and Mr. Healey
Healey For Hire
RATS Not Forgotten!
Perry Property and Jack Healey
Middleboro selectmen approved the auction April 9 and it was held April 27.
The auction was advertised only in the
local weekly newspaper, town Treasurer Judy MacDonald
said.
Mr. Healey Inflicts Slap-Dash on Southbridge!
Middleboro: Impressive Choices!
Mr. Perkins said this of
casinos in March 5, 2007:
Chairman Perkins noted that towns in Connecticut
that have casinos don’t pay taxes.
Not true! But Mr. Perkins was too dumb to fact check that statement!
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