Wednesday, June 09, 2021
Every month, the Tribal Council agenda starts the same way. The chairman calls the meeting to order, and then there’s a prayer, a roll call, a call for requested changes to the agenda and a unanimous vote to deem the ever-present list of new proposed ordinances read and tabled. That’s not how the June 1 meeting went.
“Mr. Chairman, I know it’s out of the ordinary, but I’d like to deem items two through nine read and tabled,” said Vice Chairman David Wolfe after Chairman Adam Wachacha asked for changes to the agenda.
Wolfe’s move left out Item One, an ordinance submitted by tribal member Tamara Thompson to legalize same-sex marriage on the Qualla Boundary. About 13 minutes later, Wachacha reminded Council that it had not deemed Thompson’s ordinance read and tabled.
Don’t trust the oligarchs Wednesday, June 09, 2021
To the Editor:
According to my eighth-grade American history teacher, Jan McCracken (RIP), one-third of the American colonists fought for the revolution, one-third fought against it, and one-third sat it out. History is a useful lens to understand what is going on in our country and the world today.
The billionaires and those doing OK in our economic system don’t want change. The survival of the fittest mentality would be OK except the billionaires start wars and damage the environment, manipulate the economy, and do not give a hoot about anyone else, including the supporters they need to keep operating (not rich supporters, consider the cost of health care and health insurance, whose profits go to investors).
Friends of the Smokies will host the third annual Smokies Cup Tournament at the Biltmore Sporting Clays Club Sept. 16-17 this year. Registration.
To the Editor: As an occasional writer of letters to the editor I sometimes receive feedback, mostly positive but sometimes negative or dismissive. Mo.
The pool at Lake Junaluska is now open for the season, and 2021 passes offering pool admission and special discounts at Lake Junaluska though Labor Da.