Daily Archives: April 22, 2014

“Sometimes it’s nice to have an old dog around the house.”

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-14, AMENDING TITLE 2 OF NAVAJO NATION CODE SECTION 105 AND SECTION 1002. The amendments would set term limits for elected officials. SPONSOR DELEGATE DAVID TOM And i have presented this proposal to chapters and they all support. there’s also some individuals asking that term be two terms. based on current […]

Navajo Council fails to over-ride President Shelly’s veto of Junk Food Tax, but over-rides Shelly’s veto of no tax on certain healthy foods

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’m reporting this because I noticed that the wrong Legislation was posted regarding the Junk Food Tax. And there was Council debate that was associated with Navajo Oil and Gas Company, instead of Junk Food Tax and eliminated of sales tax of certain healthy foods. And so here is the corrected post regarding […]

Navajo Council approves amendments to Navajo Oil and Gas charter

NAVAJO COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION 0352-130352-13, which is the approval of amendments to the Navajo Oil and Gas Company’s federal charter of incorporation and directing the Navajo Washington DC office to petition the Interior Secretary to issue “instated” federal charter of incorporation for Navajo Oil and Gas Company. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE Not recall because this before […]

$220 million for Navajo Nation Capital Improvement Projects is in separate legislation

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0118-13, WHICH IS RECOMMENDING AND APPROVING THE NAVAJO NATION CHAPTERS’ INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR 2013 TO 2018. DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON The funding amount for the Hard Rocks Chapter’s Headstart program was part of earlier version of 0118-13 and now this version of 0118-13 states that there […]

President Shelly vetoed earlier version of Capital Improvement Projects with “BS all over it.”

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0118-13, recommending and approving the Navajo Nation chapters’ infrastructure improvement priority projects for 2013 to 2018. DELEGATE NELSON BEGAYE We need to approve this list. I think that the Council has been trying to approve a list since 2006. And it’s my community of Rough Rock that […]

“What kind of looney tune planning is that?”

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0118-13, recommending and approving a capital improvement project plan DELEGATE CHARLES DAMON II It is really up to chapters and chapters were notified. And I am ready to vote for progress report and 0118-13, and for funding at a later date. It has been many years that […]

Navajo Council convenes Day 2 of Spring session at 10:41 am

Greeting Relatives/Frens/Humans, Navajo Council has started. Innovation was done by Delegate Roscoe Smith. Delegates are now making announcements and introductions. The introductions included Golf professional Notah Begay, Chinle Middle School, Navajo Prep School, Leupp Middle School, Dine’ Community Advocacy, which successfully sponsored legislation for healthy food. The Legislation involves Junk Food Tax bill or Healthy […]