Greeting Relatives/Frens, I’m back in the Navajo Council chamber where the Naabiki’yati’ Committee just convened at 1:55 pm, even though the committee was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. As I was waiting for the committee meeting to start, I noticed Navajo Transitional Energy Company Board President Steve Gunderson sitting in the Council chamber north […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens, Here’s a request from one of the four Navajo Council Delegates, Dwight Witherspoon, who walked out of yesterday, Oct. 16, 2013, Navajo Council special session during the debate over the proposed Energy Policy. I’ve provided a web address to LEGISLATION 0276-13 Proposed Energy Policy. PLEASE READ LEGISLATION AND SUBMIT YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC […]
NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL CONTINUES DEBATING PROPOSED ENERGY POLICY. THE SPONSORS OF THE ENERGY POLICY IS DELEGATE ROSCOE SMITH, WHO IS VICE CHAIRPERSON OF RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON It’s a goal. If good enough for California to transition, preamble to create sustainable future. Fossil fuel not created over millions of years. They are […]
Navajo Nation Council votes on approving $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company today. The vote was 17 in favor, 2 opposed. The 2 opposing are Delegates Elmer Begay and Lorenzo Curley. The 17 “yes” votes came from Delegates George Apachito, LoRenzo Bates, Mel Begay, Nelson Begaye, Katherine Benally, Joshua Butler, Charles Damon II, Jonathan […]
Navajo Council continues debating $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company, which the Council created to negotiate purchase of BHP Billiton coal mine. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE Strike section 6 from legislation. (Section 6 deals with approving NTEC to go to Navajo Nation Investment Committee for approval of $36 million line of credit) VOTE 15 in […]
Navajo Council still debating $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company which also includes authorizing NTEC to go to Investment Committee for approval of a $36 million line of credit to buy BHP Billiton coal mine. DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON Other concept here, coming from community that complains about deals from major energy companies and getting […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens! The Navajo Nation Council called into session at 11:30 a.m. Delegate Edmund Yazzie prayed. Speaker Johnny Naize announces that Delegates Russell Begaye and Kenneth Maryboy excused. And that the mother of Maryboy’s staff assistant, Woody Lee, former Delegate, passed away. Delegate Leonard Tsosie asked for financial report on tribal investment and the impact […]
Naabi continues debating proposed Energy Policy after tabling motion fails because Speaker Pro Temp Mel Begay ruled that Energy Policy would continue to Council even if Naabi tabled. DELEGATE LORENZO BATES only way, tribe can tell federal government to go away is to own project 100 percent. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE how do change in law […]
Tabling motion at 5:15 pm by Delegate Lorenzo CURLEY. SPEAKER PRO TEMP MEL BEGAY If table, Energy Policy still moves forward to Council. Speaker Naize said ealier that a Special Council Session is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE If there is a tabling by the committee with final authority then that legislation […]
DELEGATE PHELPS We need baseline and have very general language with 1980 document. And we had input several month back. I remember getting comments on it and there was significant interest in it. For sake of clarity, there is draft policy that has pages 1 to 4 which I’m wondering is preamble but confusing. And […]
