Your aim is on the mark, Jeff! You are absolutely on target by calling out the location of the climate conference being held at the casino. During Monday's work session, you asked Comm. Ozias directly why weren't other more accommodating locations used. He couldn't answer. With the unchanged political climate here and throughout Washington state, we will continue to wallow in the same stagnate quagmire. However, if we keep becoming more aware, informed, and involved we can make it to safety and prosperity.
You and many of us! But, the information-challenged voters keep re-electing these corrupt SOBs, so nothing ever changes. We get screwed in every corrupt transaction.
Can't help but wonder if ERIC has anything to do with how the Dems in our county keep getting re-elected. I was shocked by the outcome of this year's election, as everybody I know was voting and VOTING RED, just like the rest of the country. Most states have abandoned ERIC, but not Washington. Makes ya wonder...
The local Republican party needs to notify party members and independent voters that they can confirm their vote prior to the vote being placed in the ballot box. I would call it simply vote confirmation 2025. The exact results of the vote confirmation process would be kept confidential, and would only be used to confirm or call into question the totals reported by Clallam County elections.
At some point, a checks and balances form of government like we have has to have a two or even three checks and balances mechanism on the voting process. Mail in is too easy to manipulate.
Vote gets separated from voter, new votes could easily be entered and nobody would ever know.
I don't think a one system voting mechanism is proper for a checks and balances form of government.
I will say this. Given my research on government employees and the non-profit NGO head count, the current vote total would be plausible if you consider the amount of income derived from government spending.
All those people working for or with government are a formidable voter base.
Thanks for your perseverance on holding our commissioners to account for their actions. It is an unforgiving arduous job. I wholeheartedly support your efforts to bring to light the of taking a knee to tribal corporation called the S'Klallam Tribe.
The Tribe owns 343 properties and 1693 acres of land (and growing) In 2020 there was a potential sale of the city's Morse Creek property to land trust (800 acres) but the sale price was deemed too low ($120,000) for the city to accept. While the Morse Creek unit sale faltered, (The Morse Creek Unit is located 3 miles east of Port Angeles) North Olympic Land Trust, or tribal or other government entities are committed to working together on other restoration projects on Morse and Ennis creeks.
On April 4, 2014, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (part of the Department of the Interior) approved the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe leasing regulations under the HEARTH ACT was passed (Helping Expediate and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership) after testimony from Tribal Chairman, W. Ron Allen. With this approval, the Tribe was authorized to enter into the following types of leases without BIA approval: Business, Agricultural, Wind and Solar, Wind Energy, Residential, Health, Religion, Educational, Recreational, Cultural or other public purposes.
These benefits, along with many other benefits allotted to the S'Kallam Tribe through land trust, generous leasing regulations, land reclamation, grants, water rights and favoritism has shifted the property and business tax base in a disproportionate amount onto the remaining tax payers.
A Clallam County Commissioner enabled tribal revenue chokepoint. With complete streets slowing us down for tribal retail sales and tax free revenue. Shame on you Osias, Kilmer and Ron Allen.
I missed something here??? Well never mind d I found it… ludicrous that chicken coop rd could be that corridor… but insanity oks the rule at least in Clallam county
Its a misapplication of the complete streets intent to make retail developments over former freight corridors like Hwy 99. Hwy 99 is Seattle and Tacoma's complete streets corridor not I-5. In other words, they are treating HWY101 like Hwy 99, when it serves our I-5 purposes.
Kitsap County's ethics code looks good, and I think the Charter Review could draft something similar and have it out for the voters to approve or disapprove this time next year.
Just when I think things can't get any slimier, you pop up with another article. I suppose the County doesn't have a policy about obtaining bids for the use of their money. If they did, then would this event have gone off as it did at 7 Cedars?
In most organizations that have Ethics and COI policies supplier management is almost always called out because of how frequently gifts, gratuities, or other insidious constructs rear their heads.
Proof of any public elected official making discrete favorable decisions that will benefit private parties should be made public and see if impeachment process is necessary.It appears from previous documentation that C county has a few top elected officials that are favoring private parties and have been getting away with improper dealings and should be ousted if convicted.Elected officials are supposed to be held accountable when operating in a 'lawful environment'.
I have ranted about this dual citizenship inequity before. The relationship history of the U.S.A. and indigenous people is a shameful one. Regardless of righteousness, human history is replete with conquered and/or absorbed peoples. The abused indigenous peoples and their abusers are no longer living. What price should be assigned to a guilty conscience ? Particularly not a personal , but a national conscience. In this land of presumed equity and equality is it fair to allow an isolated group the benefit of full citizenship entitlements or the benefit of sovereignty entitlements; depending upon which reaps the most in any given circumstance. Exercising Aboriginal sovereignty entitlements with non-aboriginal technology entitlements is the polar opposite of equality. This phenomenon of sovereign people using U.S.A. citizenship capitalism benefits to remove land from U.S.A. ownership cannot continue. The logical end game is the entire land mass under untaxable Aboriginal peoples ownership. Those land owners then paying nothing for the transportation infrastructure, sanitation, and technology that they used to control their land ownership. Aboriginal land ownership is not the problem. It is inequitable when they do not pay their fair share of the infrastructure that enabled them that ownership.
The Point No Point Treaty demanded that the S'Klallams relocate to a reservation somewhere along Hood Canal. Yet the federal government has yet to enforce that provision, which in essence is our portion of "treaty rights." Cannot the federal government be sued for this? Or has the PNP Treaty been amended since 1854?
Put another way, the S'Klallams perhaps shouldn't even be here.
What treaty? They claimed whatever treaty there was was was a broken relationship that had to be healed..re-negotiated..The tribes joined an international "global" governing body to break a treaty then used federal grant funding to acquire reparations under the guise of environmental causes. The re-compete is just one of reparations payments and proof of a broken treaty.. None for Port Angeles. None for Sequim. Ed Bowen caught another reparation out in his district. Everywhere the County used its Duns numbers to get money for a tribe and everywhere funding did not come from the BIA or DOI but the County, City or State, was proof of a reparations payment and the breaking of the Point No Point Treaty.
It seems that we share a similar problem with Ed. He was dissatisfied with his representative in District 3. Mike French is working on behalf of a sovereign Nation instead of his constituents. It's just the way we do things here in Clallam County.
From his re-compete perch at the NODC, Mike can and likely did provide resources and decision making power to the tribes and also followed the global plan for reparations for colonization, cloaked in a access land give-a-away. All of these moves we have now documented are exhibit 1 for federal grant fraud and misuse and a broken treaty claim.
Ed Bowen from the 3rd District.. He is a frequent testifier at Clallam County public hearings. He has been as hot at Mike French as much as Jeff and the rest of us have been with Ozais. That Mike violated his treaty right by brokering land with Makah tribe in the back room and without a public meeting.. It was as heated as I have seen Ed.
On March 3, 1925, since none of the Clallam bands had gone to the Skokomish reservation (as required by the treaty), the government (Congress) passed the Clallam Relief Act to compensate Clallam Indians. The Act stated that Clallam Tribal members were entitled to payment, with provisions. Very important and should be looked at to better understand how we got to this point.
Unless we can convince a court that he is committing misfeasance or malfeasance. Then it's a recall election. If voters keep him in after that, they get what they deserve.
This is true, however a clearly laid out case would be very important for the people to make an informed decision. Information they weren't aware of when Ozias won re-election.
My compliments to Jeff Tozzer for another excellent article that delves into the disturbing & disgusting political mess going on in Clallam County that always involves the notorious Mark Ozias and his well-known link to The Jamestown Tribe~! It is tragic that so many today use such underhanded predatory tactics to deceive and bully so many local residents, but this may soon be coming to a screeching halt. America is transitioning away from the bully pulpit of the corporate US court structure and back into the common law system that "we" (Americans) were born to be in, so hopefully very soon these individuals who have used our own government and the corrupt judicial system against us to gain profit and power will be eliminated from having any further undue influence upon our community~! We should remove Mark Ozias from having anything to do with our government and although I want the Jamestown Tribe to be strong and healthy however they have clearly acted numerous times to subvert the will of the people and many Individuals rights and freedoms in our community. I do NOT accept, nor will I comply, with any government or non-government "authority" that is not acting completely above board, transparent, and fully complying with The American Constitution and the will of the people~! WE DO NOT COMPLY~!!! All Americans who have grievances against Individuals and "others" for damages will soon have our day in the court of common law and many who have committed crimes against others will soon find that they are in BIG trouble~! Many criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits are headed the way of those who have "gamed the system" against the community's best interests and the will of the people~!
“A Law repugnant to the Constitution is void.” With these words written by Chief Justice Marshall, the Supreme Court for the first time declared unconstitutional a law passed by Congress and signed by the President. Nothing stated in the Constitution gave the Court this specific power. Marshall, however, believed that the Supreme Court should have a role equal to those of the other two branches of government. --Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Absolutely beautifully said my fellow American Patriot~!
I think that you are VERY important, and long may you have to keep the torch of Liberty burning :) These evil criminals of humanity always seek to undermine and destroy our natural rights, freedoms, and liberties, so now it is time to advise them that we will NEVER comply with their unconstitutional acts regardless of how they falsely and fraudulently portray them~! Keep the faith~! Sincerely, Mike
Extremely on the Mark. Thank you for the enlightening information. Whats is on my mind is what are Non -Tribal members benefitting from these transactions? No Tax Revenue? No Vehicle Registration Fees? The commission needs to be revamped and I appreciate you ran.
Hi David, to answer your question will be long, but I have tried to shorten the explanations.
Tribal lands can have an extremely complicated and intermingled mix of land ownership and designation statuses. (Historically, depending on what lawyer is defending whom, none agree on Tribal land acquisition interpretations and are battled in courts continuously). Tribal lands are split into 3 categories (plus many subcategories allowing benefits)....Reservation Land....Fee Land......Trust Land
Benefits of Trust Land to Non-tribal Members
1. NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS: This advantage applies to both trust land and tribal fee land. Investors are incentivized to make qualified equity investments in Community Development Entities (CDE's). Investments in CDE's allow the investor's tax credits to equal 39% of the investment allocated over a 7 year period.
2. INDIAN EMPLOYMENT TAX CREDIT: Non-Indian businesses are eligible to receive a $20,000 tax credit each tax year for every "qualified employee" that is paid a "qualified wage."
3. DISCOUNTED LEASING RATES: Tribal trust lands and improvements on those lands are exempt from state taxation. As a result, typical pass-through lease costs such as real property taxes can be significantly minimized, if not eliminated, to the benefit of non-Indian commercial lessees on tribal trust land. A non-Indian company's lease hold interest in trust lads may also be exempt from state excise taxation.
4. FEDERAL CONTRACTING PREFERENCES: Indian and non-Indian businesses can obtain federal contracting priority based on the designation of tribal trust lands as HUBZ (Historically Undersized Business Zones) HUBZ's program gives participates preference in competing for federal contracts and creates jobs in historically distressed areas...A "small" company could employ as many as 500 to 1,000 people.
5. TAX EXEMPT FINANCING: Tribes can issue tax-exempt debt involving trust land, like state and local government, so long as the proceeds will be used in the "exercise" of an essential government function such as Parking Lots,.. Roads, Water,.. Sewer Systems,.. Government Buildings,.. Health Clinics,.. Hospitals,.. Parks,.. Schools and Libraries.
6. FOREIGN TRADE ZONE CUSTOM DUTY DEFERRAL: Eliminations or Reductions in US Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ). FTZ's can defer, reduce or in some instances, eliminate U.S. Customs duties on products imported or exported through the reservation.
7. STATE/COUNTY LAND USE EXEMPTION: Development and construction on tribal trust lands are exempt from local, county and state zoning and land use restrictions. This avoids the state permitting requirements process.
Once trust lands are acquired by Tribes they can be turned into Reservation Lands with much the same benefits as Trust Lands, but with the added benefits of being a sovereign entity that answers to no one. In other words, we will never know how many non-Indian enterprises (In State-- Out of State --or Out of Country) fingers are in the Tribes pie.
In March 2016, the Tribe submitted an application to have several parcels of trust land totaling 267.29 acres of land converted into reservation status. The Tribe submitted its trust-to-reservation request on March 30, 2016 to the BIA office in Portland. That office reviewed the application and sent its "Recommendation and Analysis Memorandum" to the BIA's Washington DC office on May 10, 2016. On July 21, 2017, Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Michael S Black approved the proclamation, and with the stroke of a pen the Tribes reservation land increased from 13.5 to 280.79 acres, all in Clallam County.
Quotes from Council Chair/CEO W. Ron Allen: "This year (Sept 19, 2017) we were able to convert 267 acres of our trust land and to have it proclaimed into reservation status....It doesn't change our Tribal jurisdiction authority, but solidifies and expands our Tribal political status....Today, that jurisdiction authority extends to trust lands...The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to proclaim new Indian reservation lands in response to Tribes' trust lands applications. Tribes choose to convert fee status to trust lands and then into reservation status in order to clarify jurisdictional boundaries, and be eligible for some local, state and federal grants, loans, programs and other further funding."
MONOPOLY The history of monopoly can be traced back to 1903, when American anti-monopolist Lizzie Magie created a game called The Landlord's Game that she hoped would explain the single-tax theory of Henry George as laid out in his book Progress and Poverty. It was intended as an educational tool to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies.
Magie created 2 sets of rules: an anti-monopolist set in which "all were rewarded" when wealth was created, and a set which the goal was to "create monopolies and crush opponents."
In the game, players roll dice to move around the board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and "aim to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or lost through "Chance and Community Chest" cards and "Tax Squares."
Was Lizzie Magie from Clallam County? It sounds so familiar.
Your aim is on the mark, Jeff! You are absolutely on target by calling out the location of the climate conference being held at the casino. During Monday's work session, you asked Comm. Ozias directly why weren't other more accommodating locations used. He couldn't answer. With the unchanged political climate here and throughout Washington state, we will continue to wallow in the same stagnate quagmire. However, if we keep becoming more aware, informed, and involved we can make it to safety and prosperity.
I am overwhelmed with disgust that special interest is more important than the residents of the county.
You and many of us! But, the information-challenged voters keep re-electing these corrupt SOBs, so nothing ever changes. We get screwed in every corrupt transaction.
Can't help but wonder if ERIC has anything to do with how the Dems in our county keep getting re-elected. I was shocked by the outcome of this year's election, as everybody I know was voting and VOTING RED, just like the rest of the country. Most states have abandoned ERIC, but not Washington. Makes ya wonder...
The local Republican party needs to notify party members and independent voters that they can confirm their vote prior to the vote being placed in the ballot box. I would call it simply vote confirmation 2025. The exact results of the vote confirmation process would be kept confidential, and would only be used to confirm or call into question the totals reported by Clallam County elections.
At some point, a checks and balances form of government like we have has to have a two or even three checks and balances mechanism on the voting process. Mail in is too easy to manipulate.
Vote gets separated from voter, new votes could easily be entered and nobody would ever know.
I don't think a one system voting mechanism is proper for a checks and balances form of government.
I will say this. Given my research on government employees and the non-profit NGO head count, the current vote total would be plausible if you consider the amount of income derived from government spending.
All those people working for or with government are a formidable voter base.
Something stinks when we vote for higher taxes don't you think? Who would do that? Voting them in again?
Thanks for your perseverance on holding our commissioners to account for their actions. It is an unforgiving arduous job. I wholeheartedly support your efforts to bring to light the of taking a knee to tribal corporation called the S'Klallam Tribe.
You're welcome, Eric. It's becoming pretty clear District #1 is not represented.
The Tribe owns 343 properties and 1693 acres of land (and growing) In 2020 there was a potential sale of the city's Morse Creek property to land trust (800 acres) but the sale price was deemed too low ($120,000) for the city to accept. While the Morse Creek unit sale faltered, (The Morse Creek Unit is located 3 miles east of Port Angeles) North Olympic Land Trust, or tribal or other government entities are committed to working together on other restoration projects on Morse and Ennis creeks.
On April 4, 2014, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (part of the Department of the Interior) approved the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe leasing regulations under the HEARTH ACT was passed (Helping Expediate and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership) after testimony from Tribal Chairman, W. Ron Allen. With this approval, the Tribe was authorized to enter into the following types of leases without BIA approval: Business, Agricultural, Wind and Solar, Wind Energy, Residential, Health, Religion, Educational, Recreational, Cultural or other public purposes.
These benefits, along with many other benefits allotted to the S'Kallam Tribe through land trust, generous leasing regulations, land reclamation, grants, water rights and favoritism has shifted the property and business tax base in a disproportionate amount onto the remaining tax payers.
Excellent research. You're hired!
And how!!!
Who made these laws to harm the tax payers? Follow the money!
Great points raised here:
Why is this important?
The only possible place to build a freight corridor around the casino and hotel are through these properties.
The land should be sold to WSDOT for that purpose.
The current road should be the complete streets corridor.
Years ago I sent a letter to Derek Kilmer, WSDOT and the tribe attempting to get a bypass going.
It really does feel like these acquisitions were in response to my letter.
This is a monumental decision that must be reversed.
The next step will be the installation of a toll road through "tribal Land".
A Clallam County Commissioner enabled tribal revenue chokepoint. With complete streets slowing us down for tribal retail sales and tax free revenue. Shame on you Osias, Kilmer and Ron Allen.
I missed something here??? Well never mind d I found it… ludicrous that chicken coop rd could be that corridor… but insanity oks the rule at least in Clallam county
Its a misapplication of the complete streets intent to make retail developments over former freight corridors like Hwy 99. Hwy 99 is Seattle and Tacoma's complete streets corridor not I-5. In other words, they are treating HWY101 like Hwy 99, when it serves our I-5 purposes.
They want everything up the hill and behind the current BLYN drag . They want no room for a bypass behind the current Blyn drag.
I’m so sick of no editing 🤦🏼♀️
The average Joe doesn't have enough time in their day to research as you do. Thank you, Jeff, for keeping us informed!
AMEN to that! Jeff Tozzer has removed our blinders! Kudos to you, Jeff!
Now, what can we do to put bite/consequences back into our ethics rules?
Kitsap County's ethics code looks good, and I think the Charter Review could draft something similar and have it out for the voters to approve or disapprove this time next year.
Just when I think things can't get any slimier, you pop up with another article. I suppose the County doesn't have a policy about obtaining bids for the use of their money. If they did, then would this event have gone off as it did at 7 Cedars?
That's a great question. But I don't know the answer. I've never heard them discuss bidding on an event venue.
Could it be because it’s all behind closed doors in a sovereign lands board meeting room?
In most organizations that have Ethics and COI policies supplier management is almost always called out because of how frequently gifts, gratuities, or other insidious constructs rear their heads.
Proof of any public elected official making discrete favorable decisions that will benefit private parties should be made public and see if impeachment process is necessary.It appears from previous documentation that C county has a few top elected officials that are favoring private parties and have been getting away with improper dealings and should be ousted if convicted.Elected officials are supposed to be held accountable when operating in a 'lawful environment'.
I have ranted about this dual citizenship inequity before. The relationship history of the U.S.A. and indigenous people is a shameful one. Regardless of righteousness, human history is replete with conquered and/or absorbed peoples. The abused indigenous peoples and their abusers are no longer living. What price should be assigned to a guilty conscience ? Particularly not a personal , but a national conscience. In this land of presumed equity and equality is it fair to allow an isolated group the benefit of full citizenship entitlements or the benefit of sovereignty entitlements; depending upon which reaps the most in any given circumstance. Exercising Aboriginal sovereignty entitlements with non-aboriginal technology entitlements is the polar opposite of equality. This phenomenon of sovereign people using U.S.A. citizenship capitalism benefits to remove land from U.S.A. ownership cannot continue. The logical end game is the entire land mass under untaxable Aboriginal peoples ownership. Those land owners then paying nothing for the transportation infrastructure, sanitation, and technology that they used to control their land ownership. Aboriginal land ownership is not the problem. It is inequitable when they do not pay their fair share of the infrastructure that enabled them that ownership.
once again great work and supportive documentation....stay the course. we are behind you all the way.
Time to gather.... and resurrect the community spirit and involvement shown for Towne Rd. It is OUR community.....we have to work to save it.
If anyone can, it is the fine folks that live in Clallam County. I have no doubt we are up to the task.
The Point No Point Treaty demanded that the S'Klallams relocate to a reservation somewhere along Hood Canal. Yet the federal government has yet to enforce that provision, which in essence is our portion of "treaty rights." Cannot the federal government be sued for this? Or has the PNP Treaty been amended since 1854?
Put another way, the S'Klallams perhaps shouldn't even be here.
What treaty? They claimed whatever treaty there was was was a broken relationship that had to be healed..re-negotiated..The tribes joined an international "global" governing body to break a treaty then used federal grant funding to acquire reparations under the guise of environmental causes. The re-compete is just one of reparations payments and proof of a broken treaty.. None for Port Angeles. None for Sequim. Ed Bowen caught another reparation out in his district. Everywhere the County used its Duns numbers to get money for a tribe and everywhere funding did not come from the BIA or DOI but the County, City or State, was proof of a reparations payment and the breaking of the Point No Point Treaty.
Man Ed was hot...People should see what he said in his public comments.
It seems that we share a similar problem with Ed. He was dissatisfied with his representative in District 3. Mike French is working on behalf of a sovereign Nation instead of his constituents. It's just the way we do things here in Clallam County.
From his re-compete perch at the NODC, Mike can and likely did provide resources and decision making power to the tribes and also followed the global plan for reparations for colonization, cloaked in a access land give-a-away. All of these moves we have now documented are exhibit 1 for federal grant fraud and misuse and a broken treaty claim.
John, who is Man Ed? And what did he say in his public comment?
Here ya go. Ed starts talking at 1:27:00 https://clallamcowa.portal.civicclerk.com/event/193/media
I haven't met Ed, but he is an encyclopedia of county policy.
Ed Bowen from the 3rd District.. He is a frequent testifier at Clallam County public hearings. He has been as hot at Mike French as much as Jeff and the rest of us have been with Ozais. That Mike violated his treaty right by brokering land with Makah tribe in the back room and without a public meeting.. It was as heated as I have seen Ed.
On March 3, 1925, since none of the Clallam bands had gone to the Skokomish reservation (as required by the treaty), the government (Congress) passed the Clallam Relief Act to compensate Clallam Indians. The Act stated that Clallam Tribal members were entitled to payment, with provisions. Very important and should be looked at to better understand how we got to this point.
Point!
IMPEACH THE SOB!
Excellent article. Well done. Ozias has to go. When is he up for reelection? As a matter of fact, all three of these clowns should go.
We have 2 more years of Mike French, 3 more years of Mark Ozias, and 4 more years of Randy Johnson.
I hope we will all work together to recruit conservatives to run for office. The time is now!
Unless we can convince a court that he is committing misfeasance or malfeasance. Then it's a recall election. If voters keep him in after that, they get what they deserve.
This is true, however a clearly laid out case would be very important for the people to make an informed decision. Information they weren't aware of when Ozias won re-election.
He may have won, if you call running unopposed winning.
Jeff Thank u as always. You are exposing these guys to no end.
You're welcome, Hal. Glad we are all along for this ride together.
My compliments to Jeff Tozzer for another excellent article that delves into the disturbing & disgusting political mess going on in Clallam County that always involves the notorious Mark Ozias and his well-known link to The Jamestown Tribe~! It is tragic that so many today use such underhanded predatory tactics to deceive and bully so many local residents, but this may soon be coming to a screeching halt. America is transitioning away from the bully pulpit of the corporate US court structure and back into the common law system that "we" (Americans) were born to be in, so hopefully very soon these individuals who have used our own government and the corrupt judicial system against us to gain profit and power will be eliminated from having any further undue influence upon our community~! We should remove Mark Ozias from having anything to do with our government and although I want the Jamestown Tribe to be strong and healthy however they have clearly acted numerous times to subvert the will of the people and many Individuals rights and freedoms in our community. I do NOT accept, nor will I comply, with any government or non-government "authority" that is not acting completely above board, transparent, and fully complying with The American Constitution and the will of the people~! WE DO NOT COMPLY~!!! All Americans who have grievances against Individuals and "others" for damages will soon have our day in the court of common law and many who have committed crimes against others will soon find that they are in BIG trouble~! Many criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits are headed the way of those who have "gamed the system" against the community's best interests and the will of the people~!
“A Law repugnant to the Constitution is void.” With these words written by Chief Justice Marshall, the Supreme Court for the first time declared unconstitutional a law passed by Congress and signed by the President. Nothing stated in the Constitution gave the Court this specific power. Marshall, however, believed that the Supreme Court should have a role equal to those of the other two branches of government. --Marbury v. Madison (1803)
It is our duty to oppose such laws!
Absolutely beautifully said my fellow American Patriot~!
I think that you are VERY important, and long may you have to keep the torch of Liberty burning :) These evil criminals of humanity always seek to undermine and destroy our natural rights, freedoms, and liberties, so now it is time to advise them that we will NEVER comply with their unconstitutional acts regardless of how they falsely and fraudulently portray them~! Keep the faith~! Sincerely, Mike
Extremely on the Mark. Thank you for the enlightening information. Whats is on my mind is what are Non -Tribal members benefitting from these transactions? No Tax Revenue? No Vehicle Registration Fees? The commission needs to be revamped and I appreciate you ran.
Thanks, David.
Hi David, to answer your question will be long, but I have tried to shorten the explanations.
Tribal lands can have an extremely complicated and intermingled mix of land ownership and designation statuses. (Historically, depending on what lawyer is defending whom, none agree on Tribal land acquisition interpretations and are battled in courts continuously). Tribal lands are split into 3 categories (plus many subcategories allowing benefits)....Reservation Land....Fee Land......Trust Land
Benefits of Trust Land to Non-tribal Members
1. NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS: This advantage applies to both trust land and tribal fee land. Investors are incentivized to make qualified equity investments in Community Development Entities (CDE's). Investments in CDE's allow the investor's tax credits to equal 39% of the investment allocated over a 7 year period.
2. INDIAN EMPLOYMENT TAX CREDIT: Non-Indian businesses are eligible to receive a $20,000 tax credit each tax year for every "qualified employee" that is paid a "qualified wage."
3. DISCOUNTED LEASING RATES: Tribal trust lands and improvements on those lands are exempt from state taxation. As a result, typical pass-through lease costs such as real property taxes can be significantly minimized, if not eliminated, to the benefit of non-Indian commercial lessees on tribal trust land. A non-Indian company's lease hold interest in trust lads may also be exempt from state excise taxation.
4. FEDERAL CONTRACTING PREFERENCES: Indian and non-Indian businesses can obtain federal contracting priority based on the designation of tribal trust lands as HUBZ (Historically Undersized Business Zones) HUBZ's program gives participates preference in competing for federal contracts and creates jobs in historically distressed areas...A "small" company could employ as many as 500 to 1,000 people.
5. TAX EXEMPT FINANCING: Tribes can issue tax-exempt debt involving trust land, like state and local government, so long as the proceeds will be used in the "exercise" of an essential government function such as Parking Lots,.. Roads, Water,.. Sewer Systems,.. Government Buildings,.. Health Clinics,.. Hospitals,.. Parks,.. Schools and Libraries.
6. FOREIGN TRADE ZONE CUSTOM DUTY DEFERRAL: Eliminations or Reductions in US Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ). FTZ's can defer, reduce or in some instances, eliminate U.S. Customs duties on products imported or exported through the reservation.
7. STATE/COUNTY LAND USE EXEMPTION: Development and construction on tribal trust lands are exempt from local, county and state zoning and land use restrictions. This avoids the state permitting requirements process.
Once trust lands are acquired by Tribes they can be turned into Reservation Lands with much the same benefits as Trust Lands, but with the added benefits of being a sovereign entity that answers to no one. In other words, we will never know how many non-Indian enterprises (In State-- Out of State --or Out of Country) fingers are in the Tribes pie.
In March 2016, the Tribe submitted an application to have several parcels of trust land totaling 267.29 acres of land converted into reservation status. The Tribe submitted its trust-to-reservation request on March 30, 2016 to the BIA office in Portland. That office reviewed the application and sent its "Recommendation and Analysis Memorandum" to the BIA's Washington DC office on May 10, 2016. On July 21, 2017, Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Michael S Black approved the proclamation, and with the stroke of a pen the Tribes reservation land increased from 13.5 to 280.79 acres, all in Clallam County.
Quotes from Council Chair/CEO W. Ron Allen: "This year (Sept 19, 2017) we were able to convert 267 acres of our trust land and to have it proclaimed into reservation status....It doesn't change our Tribal jurisdiction authority, but solidifies and expands our Tribal political status....Today, that jurisdiction authority extends to trust lands...The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to proclaim new Indian reservation lands in response to Tribes' trust lands applications. Tribes choose to convert fee status to trust lands and then into reservation status in order to clarify jurisdictional boundaries, and be eligible for some local, state and federal grants, loans, programs and other further funding."
MONOPOLY The history of monopoly can be traced back to 1903, when American anti-monopolist Lizzie Magie created a game called The Landlord's Game that she hoped would explain the single-tax theory of Henry George as laid out in his book Progress and Poverty. It was intended as an educational tool to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies.
Magie created 2 sets of rules: an anti-monopolist set in which "all were rewarded" when wealth was created, and a set which the goal was to "create monopolies and crush opponents."
In the game, players roll dice to move around the board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and "aim to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or lost through "Chance and Community Chest" cards and "Tax Squares."
Was Lizzie Magie from Clallam County? It sounds so familiar.