Comments on: Who watches the watchdogs? http://shackford.freedomblogging.com/2007/09/18/who-watches-the-watchdogs/38/ Additional commentary and newspaper insights Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lindsay http://shackford.freedomblogging.com/2007/09/18/who-watches-the-watchdogs/38/#comment-49 Lindsay Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:45:53 +0000 http://shackford.freedomblogging.com/2007/09/18/who-watches-the-watchdogs/#comment-49 I think it unfortunate that Barstow thinks they need a casino to boost revenue. Do people look at long term affects that a casino would bring to the area. It is obvious that a casino brings out the worst in people. From a Biblical perspective, God would not honor anything that is an obvious sin. Is gambling trusting in God? Beside the Biblical perspective, how about the peoples whose lives it effects. Ask the father or mother whose father or mother spend money that they don't have pay their debts. We minimalize these things. This has nothing to do with Indian Casino, but any Casino. It's unfortunate that our town and society as a whole want to take the short cut to success. What happened to ethics? Or is ethics different from one person to another? There is a right and a wrong. Perhaps the casino will be built in Barstow, I just know the church, my Lord and savior Jesus, will be there to pick up the pieces of broken lives. Just becuase the town gets what it wants does not make it good. I think it unfortunate that Barstow thinks they need a casino to boost revenue. Do people look at long term affects that a casino would bring to the area. It is obvious that a casino brings out the worst in people. From a Biblical perspective, God would not honor anything that is an obvious sin. Is gambling trusting in God? Beside the Biblical perspective, how about the peoples whose lives it effects. Ask the father or mother whose father or mother spend money that they don’t have pay their debts. We minimalize these things. This has nothing to do with Indian Casino, but any Casino. It’s unfortunate that our town and society as a whole want to take the short cut to success. What happened to ethics? Or is ethics different from one person to another? There is a right and a wrong. Perhaps the casino will be built in Barstow, I just know the church, my Lord and savior Jesus, will be there to pick up the pieces of broken lives. Just becuase the town gets what it wants does not make it good.

]]> By: Frank Lee http://shackford.freedomblogging.com/2007/09/18/who-watches-the-watchdogs/38/#comment-34 Frank Lee Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:46:24 +0000 http://shackford.freedomblogging.com/2007/09/18/who-watches-the-watchdogs/#comment-34 What anyone failed to discover was what was said by Mayor Dale or others at the meeting. Did they all just sit their with their mouths closed and their ears wide open? Did they state an "official position" of the City? did they advocate for one thing or another? Did they compel Ms. Bryant to fight for the Barwest compacts? The report which was generated and accompanied the 9/17/07 Council Agenda packet "misconstrued" what Bryant said so it is clear the six that attended the meeting didn't have their ears wide-opened -- or at least those who wrote and approved the report didn't hear things quite right. In fact, the report that was generated following the meeting was awfully one-sided and meant to not only cure a Brown Act violation but also to suggest that the Governor would not negotiate with the Chemehuevi. Ms. Bryant's follow-up letter (which the Mayor was required to read at the meeting to set the record straight) clearly indicated the Governor would negotiated with the Chemehuevi or any other tribes that meet certain criteria. The Los Coyotes tribe does not meet the criteria that Ms. Bryant laid out in her letter. What anyone failed to discover was what was said by Mayor Dale or others at the meeting. Did they all just sit their with their mouths closed and their ears wide open? Did they state an “official position” of the City? did they advocate for one thing or another? Did they compel Ms. Bryant to fight for the Barwest compacts?

The report which was generated and accompanied the 9/17/07 Council Agenda packet “misconstrued” what Bryant said so it is clear the six that attended the meeting didn’t have their ears wide-opened — or at least those who wrote and approved the report didn’t hear things quite right.

In fact, the report that was generated following the meeting was awfully one-sided and meant to not only cure a Brown Act violation but also to suggest that the Governor would not negotiate with the Chemehuevi. Ms. Bryant’s follow-up letter (which the Mayor was required to read at the meeting to set the record straight) clearly indicated the Governor would negotiated with the Chemehuevi or any other tribes that meet certain criteria. The Los Coyotes tribe does not meet the criteria that Ms. Bryant laid out in her letter.

]]> By: Joseph http://shackford.freedomblogging.com/2007/09/18/who-watches-the-watchdogs/38/#comment-33 Joseph Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:15:03 +0000 http://shackford.freedomblogging.com/2007/09/18/who-watches-the-watchdogs/#comment-33 Although I do understand the reasoning behind the Brown Act, the fact that members of the council as well as the city manager and economic development manager met to talk with that woman should not be construed as a corrupt meeting. Why do we as people as a first response cry out corruption! Maybe they were there for information, not plotting their strategy and etc... Obviously they have not been plotting very well or the casinos would have moved closer to completion. It looks like they were minding themsleves and not meddling or aiding in the hearings of the compacts. Barstow lost beacuse it was not resorting to corrupt tactics or deals. Although I do understand the reasoning behind the Brown Act, the fact that members of the council as well as the city manager and economic development manager met to talk with that woman should not be construed as a corrupt meeting. Why do we as people as a first response cry out corruption! Maybe they were there for information, not plotting their strategy and etc… Obviously they have not been plotting very well or the casinos would have moved closer to completion. It looks like they were minding themsleves and not meddling or aiding in the hearings of the compacts. Barstow lost beacuse it was not resorting to corrupt tactics or deals.

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