grandpa
Some of you guys have been putting your own spin on this thread and insinuating that I am picking on the tribes because I made this challenge for the "casinos" to fork out a days profit for a special Habitat Fund.
Especially you grandpa with your catty remarks i.e;
If I were a member of a tribe I wouldn't give you the sweat off my cajones. Furthermore you should really look into some of the positive things that are already being done by the tribes.
grandpa
I had let you rant on and on about this issue, and haven't really gotten into your face because I knew you could paint yourself into the corner like you always seem to end up doing!
As an example, you rant on and say;
So I can blast the tribes when they are taking unfair advantage and still seek to work with them instead of intimidating them as you seem to be trying to do. MNaybe you think your post is a noble gesture but I see it as a sham
It looks like you may be catching a serious case of "foot in mouth disease" again grandpa! Before you open your mouth to remove your foot, let me compare what the real reality is compared to your misconceptions are about me and the tribes.
First off, I do work extremely close with the Indian Tribe in Lewis County. I am extremely close friends with the Cowlitz Indian Tribes, and many of their members and have personally had the Chair of the Tribe at my home no less then 6 times for meetings. How many times have you invited the chair of any tribes to attend meetings in your home? I'll bet you can count them on one hand and have 4 ½ fingers left over!
I have been invited to tribes new culture center off Spencer Road (the Mission) numerous times and have also been invited to lunch numerous times to meet with tribal members to discuss issues concerning the Cowlitz and its dams. I have met with the Chair and have personally walked together though the hills for miles trying to locate new routes for fish to bypass the Cowlitz Dams. If you think that I have a "problem" working out issues with "the tribes", I suggest that you contact the Chair of the Cowlitz Tribe and get his opinion. I suspect that you may be eating "crow pie" shortly after that meeting!
And just to put a little more crow pie on the table for your desert, I will also inform you that all of our legal filings on the Cowlitz are "jointly" filed with the Cowlitz Tribe. So shouldn't that tell you and the average guy that I don't have a problem communicating with the tribes or working out issues jointly?
Just because a person may suggest a new way to generate funding for habitat, doesn't mean that he is against the tribes!
Any finally, I will challenge both you and GaryK to show this board where I have not worked hand to hand with the tribes, especially on the Cowlitz.
So grandpa, please drop your crap about me not being able to work with tribes! I'll match my time and work with tribes against yours, anytime that you want to do it! Maybe you should learn a little more about a person before you start trying to put them down.
Cowlitzfisherman
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