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Residents Holler Back, Take Two

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 1:41 pm

<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>

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2 Comments

skulzfontaine
Comment posted February 19, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

Thank you ma’am for your responding to my comments. The Navajos face any number of staggering social issues and a fair portion of the time, Joe Shirley refuses to address those issues. I’m not unsympathetic to Shirley’s plight. However, Shirley could be a mite more open about the politics in and about the Navajo Nation. Shirley could also be a mite less stingy with the money that BELONGS to the Navajo Nation.+

skulzfontaine
Comment posted February 19, 2008 @ 8:09 am

Thank you ma'am for your responding to my comments. The Navajos face any number of staggering social issues and a fair portion of the time, Joe Shirley refuses to address those issues. I'm not unsympathetic to Shirley's plight. However, Shirley could be a mite more open about the politics in and about the Navajo Nation. Shirley could also be a mite less stingy with the money that BELONGS to the Navajo Nation.+

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