<p>I also wanted to respond to <a id="k7-:" href="../../../person/12968-skulzfontaine" title="skulzfontaine">skulzfontaine’s</a> mention of alcoholism on the Navajo Nation:<br />

<blockquote>These projects <span class="caps"><span class="caps">NEVER</span></span> aid or further the hopes of the Navajo people. Alcoholism is Gallup, New Mexico and Gallup is the heart and soul of the Navajo Nation. Joe Shirley should pay a little attention and some of the money he&rsquo;s got the clenched fist around and help the suffering of his people.

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Thought I’d point to <a id="n-t4" href="http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416591" title="this AP story">this AP story</a> on how the Shirley administration will use casinos to turn a profit — by allowing alcohol sales on a reservation where it’s illegal to drink or sell alcohol. Navajo Nation council delegate Edmund Yazzie <a id="d-df" href="http://navajotimes.com/news/020708alcohol.php" title="asks">asks</a>, &quot;Is there anything positive that can come out of alcohol sales?&quot; He and other delegates <a id="q9zz" href="http://navajotimes.com/news/020708alcohol.php" title="hope">hope</a> some of the profit from sales will go to rehab programs.</p>