What does $47 million buy?

Fraud claimed in Wampanoag 2009 election

Suit asks BIA to step in

Article | January 12, 2013 - 6:48am | By Walter Brooks

 

Will the suit delay the Wampanoag casino?

 

Yesterday nine tribe members--including many prominent ones--petitioned the US District Court in Boston to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to investigate their complaints against the leadership of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's handling of the 2009 election.

 

The complainants included Paul Mills, Nellie Ramos, Curtis Hendricks, George Bingham, Nathaniel J. Tobey, Lawrence Tobey, Jr., Patricia Oakley, Francis Fermino and Leigh Potter.

Current chairman Cedric Cromwell questions the group's charges, telling the Taunton Gazette, "It speaks volumes that it is filed in 2013 seeking to contest an election held in 2009."

Read today's Taunton Gazette story here.

 

From the article:

 

In addition to allegations of voter fraud, the petition accuses the Cromwell administration of saddling the tribe with a $47 million debt and mismanaging casino deals.

Read more: http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1146190155/Complaint-claims-fraud-in-2009-Wampanoag-tribal-vote#ixzz2Hld0oSgq

 

http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2013/01/12/16461-fraud-claimed-wampanoag-2009-election

 

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