Elmer Milford Guilty Of Navajo Ethics Violation
Elmer Milford a top Navajo Nation Council member was found guilty of violating tribal ethics law by the Ethics and Rules Committee in WINDOW ROCK He received a public reprimand and must apologize to the complainant and the Navajo Land Department within 20 days or face a 30 day suspension Milford representing Fort Defiance chairs the Resource Committee This is the first decision under the new ethics law which allows minor violations to receive suspensions or reprimands Milford may appeal and plans to consult attorney Leonard Tsosie The charges reduced from three to one involving Baron Joe who oversees the Homesite section in the land department
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Window Rock - Elmer
Milford
Navajo Nation Council
Navajo Land Department
Council
Leonard Tsosie
Baron Joe
Sathin
Land Department
Jackson's new job on hold in Navajo Nation council
WINDOW ROCK The Navajo Nation council postponed confirmation of Genevieve Jackson as executive director of the Division of Cine Education to the summer session after a 41-39 vote with one abstention. Delegates cited staff concerns and her prior service on the council, while supporters praised her youth-focused leadership and prior work with students and community groups.
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Window Rock
Genevieve Jackson
Jackson
Division of Cine Education
Council
James Bilagody
Tuba City
Navajo Nation
Kelsey Begaye
jRer
Education Department
City and county set fireworks rules for July 4
Gallup city prohibits aerials and ground audible devices over 10 feet, and spiners whistlers. County allows higher fireworks in McKinley County with no height limit, bans bottle rockets under a quarter inch, and Navajo Reservation bans all firecrackers.
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McKinley County
Hilda Bowman
Navajo Reservation
Inmate Newsom Forced to Arraignment After Extraction Team
Quentin Newsom, 38, of Gallup, refused to attend arraignments, triggering forceful removal by a five officer extraction team aided by tear gas. He shouted when prosecutors spoke and remains jailed on a $75,000 bond after being accused of grabbing a purse at Walmart and discarding it behind a restaurant.
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Gallup
Quentin Newsom
McKinley County Detention Center
Karl Gilson
Newsom
Defend Center
Gilson
Wal-Mart
Ewsoin
Navajo Nation Council Deepens Deficit With-Spending Spree
The Navajo Nation Council approved major appropriations wiping out undesignated reserves moving the fund into negative territory. Actions include 1.2 million for a summer youth program 250000 for the Babbitt Brothers complex purchase and a 6.2 million loan guarantee for a Tuba City property housing a motel restaurant trading post and RV park. Chair Mark Maryboy warned of layoffs as revenues decline and urged curbs on spending.
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Babbitt Brothers
Tuba City
Restau
Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprise
Navajo Nation Inn
Gallup Sand and Gravel Recycling Waste to Road Material
Frank and Tom Kozeliski of Gallup Sand and Gravel turn discarded concrete and cinder blocks into road aggregate. Since 1995 they crush debris at a cost of 8 dollars per ton for recycled material, claiming a major environmental and cost advantage over new aggregate. They separate metals for reclamation, reducing trash from 70 000 tons to 10 tons and purchasing equipment for 12 million dollars to expand processing.
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Gallup
Frank
Tom Kozeliski
Gallup Sand
New Mexico
Frank Kozeliski
Kozeliskis
Fer
Accumu
Tomi
Thoreau
Tom Kozei
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Bill Donovan
Dine
Tribe
Fort Defiance
Andy Underwood
Manuel Brieno
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Staff Weller
Gallup City
Andy Carbajal
Aeri
Robert Arrie
Mark Maryboy
Maryboy
Gallup Sand and
S.J. Ludescher
Need Carrier
Donnan Com
Gallup Sand & Gravel Co
Sampson Antonio
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