A showdown is brewing as a spokesman for upstate Indians says they will "defend their territory" if the "aggressors" attempt to enforce the taxation of cigarettes on tribal lands.
JC Seneca told Liz he cannot control what happens and showdowns like those in the 1990s could occur again if the courts do not provide relief.
Meanwhile the collection of taxes are on hold due to a court order.
Of course non-Indian vendors are still dutifully collecting the state's tithe on cigarettes...
4 comments:
Doesn't the state have a well organized militia or something like that? How 'bout a stop-loss for troopers?
I thought tithe was 10% not 50%?
I keep hearing $4.50 out of $9.00 goes to the state.How much of a pack is really really taxes?
And what's the matter with unlimited overtime for police?
Sounds like unlimited overtime for the State Troopers and the Academy will have to reopen. I lived through the last episode of route 37 being closed and detours around the res. Many people with guns on a short fuse. http://oburg-therivercity.blogspot.com/
The important thing is our state government placates the dumbazz er, I mean the taxpayers who have been bilked into paying the levels of income, property, gas, fee, and assorted other taxes that are now out of control. State Government has to present the image that they're going after the Natives and their ciggies. I don't think they really care if they win the lawsuits or collect the money or waste millions on police overtime. They just care whether you dumba,,er taxpayers believe we're all in this together. If they don't get the money, who cares? Sheldon will just make it up somewhere else with pretend numbers. There will be no real cuts made anywhere.
Now on to another matter. Both Channel 7 and WDT have reported, once that I've seen, a semi retraction that schools have moved to rehire the teachers they supposedly fired this past spring because of supposed budget constraints. Now, these two cheerleaders, Channel 7 and the Times, credit federal cash as enabling the schools to rehire those laid off. Not that this negates the weeks of fake reporting both media mouthpieces gave us thoughout the spring, but they do deserve credit. A partial and belated acknowledgement of bias is better than we've come to expect from either party. So in that respect, we owe them both sincere thanks. Well done. Imagine how exciting it would be if either would question the validity of the school districts' claims of poverty during the budget process itself, and not just during the start up to football season.
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