Unit 1 General Candidates Review

Unit 1, please Vote for Malloy, our second choice is McKelvie

Malloy is our #1 pick  for Unit 1 because of the following reasons:

1. She supports Separation of Powers, Restoration of Funds, programs and services, Employee Rights, and full recovery of the 7+2 litigation.
2. Has innovative ideas for Economic Diversification.
3. Believes the direction our government should be driven by the voice, needs and best interest of the membership.
4. She has a specific and proven experience assisting the membership with needs, programs, and services.
5. She believes in accountability and the rights of the membership to have Representation.

McKelvie as our #2 for Unit 1 because of the following reasons:

1. He is a Veteran and still holds those ethics close.
2. He recently stated he agrees with separation of Powers.
3. Mckelvie is against dropping Bernard's case.
4. In the last several years, Denny has always returned my phone calls.  Hoffman has not.
5. Denny always tells you how it is,  Whether you agree with him or not.

Hoffman, we do not support because of the following reasons:

1. He deceived the membership in recent campaign ads.  Specifically he mentions the Rosetta Stone as if it was an accomplishment.  The fact is this language software program went nowhere.  So why did Hoffman make you think it was an accomplishment in his campaign ad?  What most members do not know is D.J. Hoffman tells you what you want to hear, but then does what benefits him personally.
2. He does not always return phone calls unless it's during campaign season.
3. He tends to threaten people outside of the public eye when the validity of his actions are challenged.
4. His ongoing personal financial problems outline in the classified ad section of the Soo Evening News at least 6 times during his tenure as a board member.  How can we expect someone with this many personal financial problems to help our tribes financial problems?
5. Hoffman lacks the maturity to be a good leader (read 1, 2, 3 & 4).
6. Because of his immaturity, he does not have many allies on the board (one of his few allies Cathy Abramson (Hoffman's Aunt) who is making calls for him) and therefore will have difficulty passing effective resolutions.

For these reasons and more, The Sault Tribe guide cannot support D.J. Hoffman.

Pine, we do not support because of the following reasons:

1. She is the daughter of Jolene Netoli, one of the 7+2 litigates. This is a conflict of interest in my book as is an Aunt and a Nephew on the same board (Hoffman and Abramson).
2. She is closely related to Bernard Boushor.
3. In public statements Deb has made it very clear she views Bernard as someone who has helped out the tribe and we should be thankful for him. We believe Bernard is responsible for the loss of Greektown, the evergreen contracts, 7+2 illegal use of funds and more and find it difficult to believe why anyone would support this obviously illegal behavior.
4. Deb and others have received preferential treatment.   In July of 2009 the Sault Tribe allowed her and closely related members of her family to post an article and a “Petition to Save Greektown” on the front page of the Sault Tribe website, where it remained for months.  This information also appeared in a Greektown Special Section Tribal newspaper July 14, 2009 on page 3B).  A shorter version of this article can be seen here:

If me or you and our families came up with an idea to save the Greektown, do you think they would allow us to post this on the website and in the tribal paper?  Of course not!  Sadly this was a pointless article as the petition was irrelevant to the case.

For these reasons and more, The Sault Tribe guide cannot support Deb Pine.

We cannot support Hoffman and Pine knowing what the future may bring based on both of their past opinions on issues we are very much against.   We would rather stand on the right side of history, rather than do what may be popular for some.

Conclusion

Regardless of who wins we hope everyone can understand and respect why we cannot support certain candidates at this time. After running two elections myself I know the struggles candidates go through and I commend all of candidates for sacrificing their own personal time and money to run for the board. It is not an easy task. 

In the future perhaps during another election cycle our opinions and choices may change. But this is what they are for now. We stand by our goal of improving the constitution.