Letters to the Editor -- Dec. 15, 2012

Dear Smoke Signals:

Firstly, I have no problem with the budget, but there is something that makes me more curious every year.

Where does this magic number "gaming dividend" come from? It just appears, provides the bulk of revenue and everything seems to balance with this number.

I would really like to see an income statement from Spirit Mountain. An income statement has sales less expenses that equal income. I can only assume that this magic number "gaming dividend" is a percentage of income, and I wonder why we, the members, don't get to see where this most important number comes from, or do we and I don't recognize it.

Just curious as I said; it would be a learning experience to see how this number is arrived at.

Judith Pettibone

Roll #717

Dear Smoke Signals:

I want to find out why the Community Health is not going to deliver the meds to the Elders anymore.

I am in a wheelchair and when it rains I am not going to get wet. This is crazy. Are they going to stop going to see the Elders on the home visits, too?

If you ask me, this is just stupid. Some of us don't want to get sick and this is not saving money for the Tribe sending out the meds by mail when we live here on Tribal land or not too far away. We can go collect them ourselves.

Or if we can't, we had someone from Wellness deliver our meds to us. So if you want to save money, quit sending them here locally. Start saving and quit spending.

Samantha Dala

Roll #382