http://idlenomorewisconsin.tumblr.com/post/110174013126/for-immediate-release-2-5-15-contact-reyna-crow
The
problem with this is that Bob Shimek is a shill for the Indian Gaming
Industry and refused to raise his voice in opposition to the building of
the new Red Lake Casino Lake-of-the-Woods which was just recently built
on one of the most pristine wetlands which was used by wolves over the
centuries to cross Lake-of-the-Woods between Canada and the United States to hunt and breed.
How
can the tribes whose Tribal Councils are controlled and manipulated by a
bunch of mobsters who own the Indian Gaming Industry willing to destroy
pristine wetlands (and forests--- just look how the Red Lake and Leech
Lake forests [all wold habitat]) have been decimated to pay for casinos
without one peep of protest from Robert Shimek or those
foundation-funded outfits he has worked for.
The
Northern Tribes can't be trusted any more than the State of Minnesota,
the pulp and paper, mining or power generating industries to manage
timber wolves or their habitat any more than they can be trusted to look
after the health and welfare of the human beings they employ at poverty
wages and without any rights to work in these smoke-filled casinos.
Robert
Shimek has refused, over and over again, to connect the dots which when
connected properly clearly demonstrate that those who seek corporate
profits can't be trusted to manage anything where our living
environment, human health and the welfare of plants, animals, wetlands,
air or water are concerned.
Ask
anyone living on a Reservation if any of these Tribal Councils can be
trusted to work for the betterment of people, habitat or timber
wolves--- the majority will say they can't be trusted.
In
fact, capitalism isn't green... and these Tribal Councils are
manipulated by the wealthy--- the exact same corporate money interests
as state governments.