Daily Archives: April 22, 2014

Navajo Transitional Energy Company paying profits to BHP for $85 million loan

HERE AT NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY COMPANY’S PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING AT NAVAJO NATION MUSEUM IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. What is cost of coal mine operating agreement? SAM WOODS Get back to you. we are in fourth month of operation. What is amount of BHP note (which is the loan that BHP made to NTEC for NTEC […]

NTEC still pushing “clean coal”

NTEC interim CEO Sam Woods talking about how Navajo coal mine in coal belt. He’s also pointing out oil and gas belt and water ways in Navajo Nation. and overlaying resources are solar resources that nation can look at for feasibility of developing. Why showing? because NTEC created to exert greater control of management of […]

Navajo Transitional Energy Company meeting

NTEC CEO Sam Woods making presentation: NTEC created 2013. In December 2013, NTEC executed several agreements: coal agreement with APS for Four Corners Plant; operating agreement with BHP. NTEC is to be reliable safe producer of coal, while diversifing the Nation’s energy resources to create economic and enviornemtnal sustainabilit for the Nvajo people. WE ARE […]

Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s “public informational meeting”

Here at Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s one of five “public informational meeting” at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. NTEC Executive Assistant Emerald Craig said that the meeting will start about 6:30 pm. I’m here and so are three other people. One of the other three individuals is Farmington Daily Times reporter Noel […]

Navajo Council fails to get “16” votes for four term limit for president

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE DEBATE IS ON LEGISLATION 0025-14, SETTING FOUR TERM LIMIT FOR PRESIDENT BY AMENDING TITLE 2 OF TRIBAL CODE, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. VOTE ON 0025-14, AT 5:39 PM 11 IN FAVOR, 9 OPPOSED

Why have staggered terms for Navajo Council

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-14, WHICH WOULD AMEND NAVAJO LAW AND SET FOUR TERM LIMIT FOR PRESIDENT. THE SPECIFIC LAW TO BE AMENDED WOULD BE TITLE 2, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE LEONARD PETE You have to experience life. and when you experience life, you can compare to dog with scarred nose and here and […]

Navajo Council votes against Tabling of setting four term limit for president

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-14, WHICH WOULD AMEND NAVAJO LAW AND SET FOUR TERM LIMIT FOR PRESIDENT. THE SPECIFIC LAW TO BE AMENDED WOULD BE TITLE 2, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE NELSON BEGAYE If truly people have right to choose their leader based on Dine’ Fundamental Law then that is reason for unlimited terms. […]

Navajo Council serve staggered terms?

NAVAJO COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION 0025-14, AMEND TITLE 2 OF NAVAJO CODE, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD The way I made Amendment 1 was based on Delegate Leonard Tsosie’s comment that we need 16 years to make changes. We shouldn’t have to take that much time. I think two term limit would be an […]

Navajo Council opposes two term limit

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-14, WHICH WOULD SET TERM LIMITS FOR COUNCIL AND PRESIDENT TO FOUR TERMS. DELEGATE MEL BEGAY With this two year term limit, then that elected official who serves two terms will not do anything. And other tribes are way ahead of us. we are still trying to figure out what to […]

Term limit would disqualify some candidates for 2015 Navajo elections

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-140025-14, AMENDING TITLE 2 OF NAVAJO CODE, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE ELMER BEGAY what we are addressing the selection of leaders by the people. when i was thinking about running for council, i talked with medicine people. DELEGATE LORENZO CURLEY in very dynamic well informed democracy, i believe term limits […]