Navajo Council Resources & Development Committee continues debating $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company. Prime Sponsor is Delegate LoRenzo Bates and co-sponsor is RDC Vice Chairperson Roscoe Smith. DELEGATE LORENZO BATES Energy Policy would be required to determine how tribe would also use coal from BHP coal mine after tribe purchases. Coal would no […]
Navajo Council Resources & Development Committee continues debating $4.1 million and now the debate includes work session which would require Tabling $4.1 million. RDC MEMBER LEONARD TSOSIE We don’t operate with gun to head. I thought we were on same page. I don’t know where he is going to change. This is big investment and […]
Navajo council Resources & Development Committee continues debate over $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company: RDC MEMBER LEONARD TSOSIE What counting on was taxes and if BHP continues as owner for next three years then feds and state continue taxing and tribe won’t realize funds to buy coal mine. But that was explanation given. […]
Navajo Council’s Resources & Development heard all the reports and they have gone to proposed legislation for $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company. RDC MEMBER LEONARD TSOSIE There is an important item on agenda, NTEC. I’m asking RDC to waive floor rules and go to item (g) and for the record, I’m not dong […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens, I received a text this morning from an environmental journalist that alerted me to a last minute revision to the Navajo Nation Council’s Resources & Development Committee agenda for today’s meeting at 10 am the Council chamber in Window Rock, Ariz. The revised RDC agenda, which is the second revision, added Council Delegate […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens! I’m sharing a story from Farmington Daily Times news reporter Noel Smith about yesterday’s press conference involving Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, Speaker Johnny Naize and Council Delegate LoRenzo Bates, who is also the Budget & Finance Committee chairperson at the Upper Fruitland Chapter near Farmington, N.M. I’m posting her story and the […]
The press conference here at the Navajo Nation Upper Fruitland Chapter is over. The press conference was called by Navajo Nation Council Delegate LoRenzo Bates to reassure BHP mine workers that the Legislative Branch and Executive Branch are both working towards the purchase of the BHP coal mine, a coal supply agreement between BhP coal […]
PRESS CONFERENCE ON NAVAJO NATION PURCHASE OF BHP BILLITON COAL MINE STARTS AT 11:12 AM AT THE UPPER FRUITLAND CHAPTER NAVAJO COUNCIL DELEGATE LORENZO BATES We’re here to find out if the Executive Branch and Legislative Branch are still together on the purchase of the BHP coal mine, which would provide revenue stream to the […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly’s staff assistant Michelle Henry just informed me that the meeting was wrapping up and that “they” would talk with me. I’m still camped outside the closed door meeting between Navajo Nation government elected officials, political appointees, Navajo Transitional Energy Company Board members and BHP Billiton officials here at […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens, Navajo Natinn President Ben Shelly’s office attorney, Heather Claw, pushed me out of a meeting between Shelly, Navajo Council Speaker Johnny Naize, Council Delegate Russell Begaye, Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources Director Fred White, Shelly’s staff assistant Michelle Henry and Shelly’s Communications Director Erny Zah. That was about 2:15 p.m. The meeting […]
