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PAGE 2A • POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,2001,
Tribe attorney implies Cornyn may need history lesson
from page 1
representing the tribe, said a recent
poll of voters in Polk, San Jacinto,
Hardin and Tyler counties conducted
by Public Opinion Strategies indi-
cated that 67 percent favor a gaming
facility on the reservation. He said
the poll also indicated that 76 per-
cent have a favorable impression of
the tribe
“We are here trying to benefit our
community. The citizens of Texas
are tired of driving to Louisiana and
spending their money,” Rogers
said.
Citing a recent article in the
Houston Chronicle regarding alarm-
ing poverty rates statewide, Rogers
said the reservation has a 46 percent
unemployment rate.
For the sake of comparison, Ro-
gers said the nation’s unemploy-
ment rate at the height of the Great
Depression ^as 23.4 percent.
“Following the losses of Sept.
11, most of us are seeking greater
tolerance and unity,” Rogers said.
“We would welcome a 5.4 percent
unemployment rate on the reserva-
tion. We would cry [with joy].
“Mr. Cornyn would have you be-
lieve that he only seeks to uphold
New assistant principal hired
from page 1
new computer for the Pine Ridge
Elementary School library
Two bids received on asbestos
abatement were rejected - one be-
cause it was too high and the other
because the company did not dis-
close problems on a previous proj-
ect The district will seek additional
proposals.
Trustees also rejected a bid re-
ceived for the purchase of three lots
in Bullfrog Basin
In other business, the board ap-
proved an interlocal agreement with
Polk County which will allow for
an exchange of services when it
will result in increased efficiency
and economy to citizens and ap-
proved the 2000-2001 audit.
Two student overnight trips were
approved. High school academic
UIL participants will travel to Bay
City for a UIL speech meet Nov.
30-Dec. 1 and high school Family,
Career, Community Leaders of
America members will attend the
FCCLA Regional Conference in
Houston Jan. 18-19.
Trustees discussed various issues
relating to the tuition charged On-
alaska students who attend high
school in Livingston. The current
tuition contract will expire after the
end of the 2002-2003 school year.
The consensus of the board was to
leave the present contract in place,
pending receipt of a proposal from
the Onalaska ISD.
Superintendent Janet Morris pre-
sented an overview of
board/superintendent team perform-
ance in a training session held last
School update given
from page 1
However, the offer received for
the purchase of Lots l and 64 of
Block 16 of Paradise Acres No. 2
was tabled and the other offers were
rejected.
Following an executive session,
the board approved the employment
of Suzy Borden as school nurse.
During administrative reports,
Superintendent Kerry Cowart up-
dated the board on various ongoing
activities related to the new high
school. He said the environmental
survey has been completed and that
the Texas Historical Commission
is working on its survey and that
the perimeter is currently being
surveyed.
Middle School Principal D’Wana
Bryant reported current enrollment
of 194 and an attendance rate of
94.9 percent.
Elementary Principal Keith
Smith repotted current enrollment
of 372 and an attendance rate of
94.1 percent.
Curriculum/Technology Director
Rhonda Scholwinski gave a presen-
tation on the district’s new web
page. The web address is
www.esc6.net/~onalaska.
Community Education Director
Amy Jackson-reported on the new
district newsletter, "Wildcat
Scratching Post.” She also, updated
(he board on the community educa-
tion classes and the scholarship
program.
Other business included approval
of the budget amendments, tax re-
port, statement of accounts and
payment of bills and minutes of the
Oct. 16 and Oct. iu meetings.
month.
A campus police report for the
month of October was also pre-
sented, showing that 18 calls were
made to the high school, 16 to the
junior high, three to the intermedi-
ate school, one to Pine Ridge Ele-
mentary, two to Timber Creek
Elementary and four to the alterna-
tive school.
Central Appraisal District board
election results were also reviews.
Following discussion in execu-
tive session, the board accepted the
resignation of Junior High Assis-
tant Principal Ken Lilley effective
Nov. 19. Clint McLain has been
hired as Lilley's replacement.
The board also approved the em-
ployment of Kathleen Nichols as a
sixth grade language arts teacher,
replacing Jane Zarada who was
called to active military duty; Julie
Babbs as a special education teacher
at Timber Creek Elementary, re-
placing Susan Shulz who resigned
at the beginning of the school year;
and Larry James as an Alternative
Education Program teacher, replac-
ing Jean Cole who transferred to
Timber Creek.
The superintendent notified the
board of the resignation of Shirley
Criswell, high school teacher aide,
and Cynthia Lowery, teacher aide at
Pine Ridge, The board was also
notified of the employment of
Francis Clifton, junior high teacher
aide; Vemell Wright, intermediate
one-on-one aide; Keatra Hart,
teacher aide at Pirte Ridge; Randy
Parker, transportation department
helper; Kenneth Howard and
Claudia Ramirez, both junior high
custodians; Laura Thornton, high
school cafeteria worker and Her-
melia Duran, Timber Creek cafete-
ria worker.
The substitute teacher list was
approved as presented.
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the law, but nothing could be fur-
ther from the truth,” Rogers said.
“Mr. Cornyn is about the politics
of exclusion and his own political
agenda.
"Whether he seeks to djlute the
voting rights of Hispanic Ameri-
cans, dilute the voting rights of the
citizens of Beaumont, Texas, con-
duct legislative redistricting meet-
ings in secret, deny immigrant
health care, bar the community of
Houston, Texas from knowing
what polluting chemical emissions
are in the air, or calling Indian
tribes mere associations and then
seeking to terminate the economic
future of Indian tribes in Texas as
the State of Texas and the U.S.
federal government did in the
1950s, that is John Comyn’s pub-
lic policy record. It is not anecdote,
nor is it in any way apolitical,”
Rogers said. “It is a modem day
story all about the old poisonous
politics of exclusion.
“His political philosophy is the
old political philosophy, ‘Might
makes right,’” Rogers said.
"Mr. Cornyn is fond of citing
promises made and quoting history
- specifically Theodore Roosevelt.
Well, I, too, am a student of his-
tory and I do believe that you
should use history to inform you,
not’ imprison you,” Rogers said.
“Therefore, if Mr. Cornyn would
like a history lesson on promises
made and broken to Native Ameri-
cans nationally and in Texas, I
would cite the statement of the
chairman of the Senate Indian Af-
fairs Committee, Sen. Dan Inouye,
that hundreds and hundreds of trea-
ties were signed by the U.S. federal
government and not one - not one -
- was ever fulfilled.
“Furthermore, Theodore Roose-
velt, the trustbuster and defender of
those who had no one to speak for
them, stated as follows, ‘I abhor
injustice and bullying by the strong
at the expense of the weak, whether
among nations or individuals,’”
Rogers said.
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“In conclusion, Mr. Cornyn
would do well to remember that the
law is more, much more, than the
routine exercise of power. It also
must guide and educate to validate
itself ethically,” Rogers said.
“The law is justified and justice
is accomplished only when it re-
flects a community’s shared values
and is the product of a process
viewed as legitimate by the gov-
erned,” Rogers said.
“You might all remember a
Texan who said it all too well in
addressing the U.S. Senate.
’Whether his colleagues would
choose to deceive the Indians or
confirm to them rights long prom-
ised.’ That Texan’s name -- Sam
Houston,” Rogers said.
“Gaming and tribes go back hun-
dreds and hundreds, literally thou-
sands, of years,” Scon Crowell, one
of the attorneys representing the
tribe, said. “John Cornyn tries to
make this a casino issue, when he
is the attorney for the largest casino
in the State of Texas.”
Other citizens speaking on behalf
of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe, and
voicing their support for a gaming
facility, included Frances Battise,
Dr Dennis Teal, Commissioner
James J. “Buddy” Purvis, Yolanda
Poncho, former commissioner
Freddy Duff, Barbara Jones, Pat
Hill, Teresa Battise, Beryl Battise,
Tribal Administrator James
Richardson and Youth Programs
Director Herbert Johnson Jr.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 2001, newspaper, November 22, 2001; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth791192/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.