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Navajo Council goes behind closed doors

NATION COUNCIL IS DEBATING LEGISLATION 0069-14, WHICH IS FOR THE REMOVAL OF DELEGATE NAIZE AS SPEAKER, WHEN DELEGATE JONATHAN NEZ ASKS FOR THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. DELEGATE JONATHAN NEZ i see the speaker position as an employee working for us, the council. and when personnel issues come up that deal with legalities, […]

Navajo Council Delegate Shepherd: I’ve taken a lot of criticism

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATES LEGISLATION 0069-14, REMOVAL OF DELEGATE JOHNNY NAIZE AS SPEAKER, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD. NAVAJO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA BOBROFF Navajo law allows the council, by majority vote, to place the president and vice president or any other members on administrative leave without compensation if sufficient grounds […]

Navajo Council Delegate Simpson: Put Speaker Naize on administrative leave

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATES LEGISLATION 0069-14, REMOVAL OF DELEGATE JOHNNY NAIZE AS SPEAKER, DURING SPECIAL SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ., ON APRIL 4, 2014. DURING THE DEBATE, DELEGATE DANNY SIMPSON SUGGESTS THAT THE COUNCIL PLACE NAIZE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, INSTEAD OF REMOVING HIM AS SPEAKER. DELEGATE MEL BEGAY I think that we […]

Navajo Council Delegate Mel Begay: Let court handle Speaker Naize

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATES LEGISLATION 0069-14, REMOVAL OF SPEAKER NAIZE AS SPEAKER, DURING SPECIAL SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZL., ON APRIL 4, 2014. DELEGATE LORENZO CURLEY We are here to clean house and we need to do that. WE shud have others answer. That is for fairness sake. We can’t put out […]

Navajo Council Delegate Tsosie: Naize needs to ask for trial next week

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0069-14, REMOVAL OF DELEGATE JOHNNY NAIZE AS SPEAKER, DURING SPECIAL SESSION ON APRIL 4, 2014. SOME DELEGATES THAT ARE OPPOSING 0069-14 ARE ARGUING THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO WAIT FOR THE COURT TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST NAIZE BEFORE THE COUNCIL REMOVES NAIZE AS SPEAKER. DELEGATE LEONARD […]

Navajo Council Delegate Benally: Be careful Delegate Shepherd

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0069-14, REMOVAL OF DELEGATE JOHNNY NAIZE AS SPEAKER. DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD SPONSORED 0069-14. DELEGATE DAVID TOM Delegate Simpson, when the Council votes this legislation down, will you bring it back again? DELEGATE KATERINE BENALLY You said you were asked to sponsor this legislation and I have texts that show that you […]

143-page criminal complaint against Navajo Nation Council Speaker Johnny Naize

The Navajo Nation Special Prosecutors filed 11 criminal charges against Navajo Council Speaker Johnny Naize on Dec. 3, 2013, that were related to the alleged misuse of the tribal Financial Assistance Program, which later became known as the tribal discretionary funds or slush fund. On Feb. 20, 2014, the Special Prosecutors filed an additional criminal […]

Blog Talk Radio: Politics on the Navajo Nation

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I just wanted to share my weekly news update that I presented on tonight’s Politics on the Navajo Nation, which is a weekly blog talk radio show produced by my good fren, Cal Nez, who is also a small business owner. Cal Nez Design is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Cal’s blog […]

Naabik’iyati Committee votes 10 Yes, 1 No on Removal of Naize as Speaker

Naabi still debating Legislation 0069-14, removal of Delegate Naize as Speaker. DANA The funding for legal fees actually went to start Human Rights Office. And after my legal advice, the Council made amendment to Election Law which is the amendment that Curley has. LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY MARIANA KAHN Curley wants to add language that is the […]

Naabik’iyati Committee now on Removal of Delegate Naize as Speaker

Naabik’iyati Committee now on Legislation 0069-14, removing Delegate Johnny Naize as Speaker. DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD This legislation was being read into record and lost quorum during Naabi. Couple of weeks ago, there was guilty plea by former Council Delegate Raymond Joe that implicated Speaker Naize after earlier Legislation to remove Delegate Naize failed cuz some […]