Recall and Election Facts (aka Biggest Losers)
This entry was posted on 11/21/2008 12:05 AM and is filed under elections.
Opponents of Full Circle held a press conference September 20th and told the News Tribune they had enough signatures to hold a recall vote against James Miles and David Bean. Someone must have mis-counted, because, according to the Puyallup Tribal Election Committee, there weren’t enough signatures collected to trigger a recall.
Undeterred by their failure, Sylvia and Roleen are trying to sue
everyone in Tribal Council and on the election committee. Listed here in this
Official Court Document are the names of the plaintiffs and defendants. A full six months after the election, they can’t accept their loss and continue to with their false accusations.
Tactics used by signature gatherers for the recall include bullying, threatening, buying alcohol, and lying. They have shown up at members’ homes and refused to leave until they sign. Many letters have been written complaining about the tactics used.
The recall was triggered by Sylvia Miller’s loss in the June election. Sylvia and her supporters came forward with 14 allegations - all proven to be false. Here is the response to the ad they took out in the Tribal Newspaper:
response-to-election-protest.pdf
When they couldn’t overturn the election, they resorted to starting a recall petition against David and James. Many of the petitioners work for the tribe and it is believed that names and addresses of tribal members were unethically acquired for the recall.
Recall supporters took out an ad in the Puyallup Tribal Newspaper with many unsubstantiated accusations. Petition circulators misrepresented the purpose of the recall: “Sign this for the betterment of the Tribe”, “Sign this or you’ll loose your percapita” are some of the claims reported by members.
Full Circle’s platform is for fair and open government, tribal unity, and continued strong percapitas. James and David have broken the government stalemate of the last 20 years. In order to undo some of the past, they intend to make council minutes available to tribal members, and reduce tribal council’s extremely high salary. Groundbreaking and construction has already begun on a new Elder’s Center.
