DeBunking of an article by the weezle Chad Smith that appeared
in the August eddition of the CNOT Rag!
By: John Cornsilk

Well folks, Yes the CNOT rag for August is up finally, 10 days late''' And there are 3 Articles of pure crap, as David said in one of the Debunkings, are by design to confuse and inflame the un-informed, and I say the outlanders.
Smith begins with for his article: "A traditional came up to me", a traditional would even approach him What a CROCK#1, and didn't spit in his faceCROC#2.

Then let me tell ya what the 3rd Crock is, the simple fact is, it's because of all the pure BS published in it for the benifit of the outlander, for them to soak up with out any contridiction from John's Place, where you can find the poop to debunk everyline of CRAP...

He is crying about the councilors that sued him not meeting with the rest to discuss it, they did, not all at once but each one was offered the chance to do right, they choose to stick with their support of the crook.

Then there is the STUPID Suit By Hammonds against them in support of the weezle and crooks a complete violation of her oath of office of Attorney General to represent the Cherokee People and their rights and assets, she should LEAD this charge of decency against th BS as said by Steve Russell  in the same issue a registered voting Cherokee professor of Law at Indiana University!! BTW Russell needs no Debunking, read it you will see it debunks itself!!

Following is the page by the weezle, You can read it for your self, but let me say first the revised photog tells the complete story of what the weezle is, as the principal THIEF of the Cherokee People's assets. I have inserted some debunking information within, as bold print.

False accusations result from election-year posturing
Principle Thief, Chad Smith

By Chad Smith Principal Thief

A traditional Cherokee woman came up to me the other day, put her hand on my shoulder and said: "There must be an election coming because people are trying to stir up a big stink." She's right.
She had read about a recent lawsuit where seven Tribal Councilors sued me over a decision made by the Cherokee Nation Industries board of directors to invest in a small air-conditioner company. They sued me even though I do not sit on the board of directors that made that decision and two of the council members filing the lawsuit do sit on that board
The allegations in the lawsuit are untrue and will be thrown out of court, but in the meantime, those councilors got what they wanted - negative publicity for the entire Cherokee Nation and for CNI, an award-winning manufacturing company started Stilwell in the 1960s.

I say!

Smith says: "all untrue"

But what of the information supplied by the accountant of the Council that brought this to light, and is now part of the evidence, and the most recent by the official of CNI Tom Reynolds, and all of the information supplied by him and that is now part of the evidence, and now just today 8-15-2006 an article in the muskogee Phoenix about Renyolds resigning, and there was in the same paper THIS OPINION both are pretty plain that Smith is lying.

The lawsuit was filed late on Friday, June 23, and sent to the newspapers early the next day so it would be reported in the Sunday, June 25, newspapers. I wasn't notified of the lawsuit until five days later, but reporters got the lawsuit first.
This lawsuit was filed by just a few councilors, without discussion with the rest of the council. The council's own lawyer told them not to file the lawsuit. Since he refused to file, they went out and hired anon-Indian lawyer instead. The councilors who filed the lawsuit are Bill John Baker, Linda O'Leary, Johnny Keener, David Thornton, Melvina Shotpouch, Joe Crittenden and Charles "Chuck" Hoskin.

The allegations of wrongdoing are absolutely false and a waste of time. Time which could be better spent working together to advocate for and provide services to Cherokee people instead of political bickering by councilors trying to secure political points and votes in next year's elections.

The lawsuit is a disappointing attempt to play politics with CNI, one of the oldest tribally owned businesses in the country. Unfortunately, the damage this political attack has had on that business and the rest of the nation may be felt for years. This negative publicity hurts the tribe and affects the morale of Cherokee Nation employees, many of whom are frustrated that their hard work is being questioned and ridiculed. Cherokee citizens are confused and asking why we can't just do our work instead of filing frivolous lawsuits.

What is disturbing about these councilors' lawsuit is it was designed to hurt me politically but they knew it would hurt many others, especially the employees and staff of CNI who have worked hard and long to build our growing business. Their jobs and livelihoods are jeopardized when CNI is portrayed negatively in the press.

This lawsuit and the accompanying negative publicity may hurt future business because other businesses do not want to do business with a tribal company that is plagued with council members micro-managing and undermining every decision. A number of CNI vendors have questioned CNI staff about the council interference and company stability. New contracts will be harder to get.

I Say!
The prvious 6 paragraphs are nothing but pure BS seeking pity from any gulible outland readers!!

Even the Cherokee Nation's plans to expand health care for our citizens may suffer. The Cherokee Nation is applying for a credit rating for financing the new clinics in Muskogee and Nowata. We now are faced with a poor rating, not because of our infrastructure, finances or staff, but because of the lawsuit and appearance of political instability created by the infighting of the councilors. That means our financing cost for constructing the clinics could increase millions of dollars because of these few councilors' efforts to get negative publicity for the Cherokee Nation.
If these councilors were sincerely concerned about CNI and cared about the Cherokee people there were a number of things they could have done rather than run to their favorite reporters. They could have discussed these issues at a CNI board meeting, especially since two of the councilors - O'Leary and Crittenden - sit on that board and could have voiced any objections to the investment before it was made. They could have had an action item at the monthly Executive and Finance Committee meetings or during the monthly full council meeting. They never placed it on an agenda and no resolution was ever passed by a committee or the council. They did not discuss it with the general counsel or Cherokee Nation Marshal Service. They did not discuss it with the principal chief even though he appoints members of the CNI board who are then confirmed by the Tribal Council. In fact, they could have gone to the tribal court. Any reasonable person would conclude that these seven councilors were not interested in resolving issues; they wanted to create problems. As our citizen said, they wanted to "stir up a stink."
 
I say!
And the last 2 paragraphs, simply more to inflame the un-informed, has absolutely nothing to do with the situation.