A distinguished elder received this letter in his mailbox and felt very offended
and disgusted. This letter is written word for word with capitalization just as in
the letter.
Scroll down, much
more at bottom!
STEWART PAUL FOR CHIEF

WHAT IDIOT WOULD NOT VOTE FOR OUR CHIEF AGAIN.  IF IT WASN’T FOR THE CHIEF
WE WOULD NOT BE AS PROSPEROUS AS WE ARE NOW.  IF IT WASN’T FOR HIM WE
WOULD END UP LIKE THOSE WHO KISSED THE WRONG ASS.  I KNOW FOR MYSELF AND
MY FAMILY IT HAS BEEN A GOOD JOURNEY.  WE ARE NOW LIVING THE LIFE THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE A LONG TIME AGO.  SO WHAT ….HE DOESN’T GO TO WORK AT THE BAND
OFFICE.  THAT’S WHY HE PAYS THOSE WORKING AT THE BAND OFFICE A DAMN GOOD
SALARY TO DO THE JOB THAT HE DOESN’T HAVE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS.  LET THEM
TAKE ALL THE CRAP.  STERLING AND NEIL ARE THE BEST YOU CAN HAVE THERE.  WHO
GIVES A DAMN IF THEY GET PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AS LONG AS THEY DO THE
JOB, WOULDN’T YOU?  I KNOW IF I WAS CHIEF, I WOULDN’T GO IN EITHER TO LISTEN
TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ALWAYS ASKING FOR THINGS PRACTICALLY EVERYDAY.  I
PROBABLY WOULD TO THE SAME AND STAY AT HOME OR AT MY OFFICE.  I KNOW THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DON’T HAVE TO TAKE ANY CRAP FROM ANYONE
EITHER, THAT’S WHY HE HAS ALL THOSE PEOPLE UNDER HIM.  ANOTHER THING I
ALWAYS HEAR IS THE CONSTANT COMPLAINING OF WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO
FROM TEDCO, CASINO, FORESTRY, GAS BAR ETC, ETC, ETC.  WHO CARES, BE GODDAMN
HAPPY THAT YOU GOT JOBS FOR 14 WEEKS,  NOW MOST OF THE RESERVE IS NO LONGER
WELFARE BUMS.  AS FOR THE COUNCILLORS, OF COURSE THIS IS NO SECRET, WHO
CARES AS TO HOM MUCH MONEY A CERTAIN FEW CONNECTED COUNCILORS GET.  SO
WHAT IF TIM NICHOLAS, DELBERT MOULTON, EDWIN BERNARD, AND WHO EVER ELSE
GETS WORK SALARIES AND COUNCILLORS PAY, THEY DESERVE EVERY GODDAMN
CENT.  I ESPECIALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ELDON FOR HELPING US FIX OUR HOUSE,
IF IT WASN’T FOR HIM IT WOULD NEVER OF GOTTEN FIXED, WE OWE YOU OUR VOTE
AGAIN, THANKS.  YOU KNOW YOU WOULD DO THE SAME IF YOU WERE GIVEN THAT
CHANCE.  THESE ARE THE BEST COUNCILLORS EVER AND IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE NOT
TO VOTE THEM IN AGAIN.  IF IT WASN’T FOR OUR COUNCILLORS YOU ALL WOULD BE
ON WELFARE.  THEY WORK HARD FOR US AND SO WHAT IF THEY DON’T GO INTO THE
OFFICE.  IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THEM ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO LOOK FOR
THEM.  AS FOR TINA, LAURA AND BRENDA.  YOU SHOULD BE LUCKY TO BE IN COUNCIL.  
IF IT WASN’T FOR STEWART TELLING US TO VOTE FOR YOU, YOU WOULD NEVER OF
GOTTEN IN.  THINK ABOUT IT.  DAVE’S VOTES FOR HIS SO-CALLED COUNCIL DID NOT
EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IN.  IT WAS FROM STEWART SIDE THAT YOU WERE ALL
LUCKY TO MAKE IT.  NOW THINK ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE FOR YOU ALL
TO GO ON DAVE PERLEY SIDE.  BE SMART.  BUT I GUESS IN POLITICES WHEN YOU RUN
FOR COUNCILLORS IS TO JUMP FORM ONE FENCE TO ANOTHER, BUT BE AWARE OF HOW
YOU VOTE IN THE END FOR CHIEF.  WHEN STEWART GETS IN, (WITHOUT ANY DOUBT)
YOU BETTER GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND REALIZE IF ANY OF YOU GET IN, WHO PUT
YOU THERE.  IT WOULD BE IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO JOIN THE OTHERS WHO ARE
PROSPERING REALLY WELL BY WORKING WITH THE CHIEF.

THIS DAMN ELECTION WILL DEFINITELY HURT US IF THAT IDIOT PERLEY GETS TO BE
CHIEF.  WE ALL WILL PROBABLY END UP ON THE WELFARE LINE BECAUSE OF HIS SO-
CALLED ACCOUNTABILITY IDEAS AND HE WILL TAKE US ALL OUT.  WE HAVE TO STAY
UNITED AND PROTECT OURS INTERESTS.  AS YOU ALL KNOW.  PROSPERITY ONLY GOES
TO THOSE WHO VOTE THE RIGHT WAY, AND THAT’S WITH CHIEF STEWART PAUL.  IF IT
WASN’T FOR THE APPEAL GOING THROUGH WE STILL WOULD BE WORKING.  SO
GODDAMN WHAT WE ARE IN DEBT.  WHO ISN’T.  NOW A CERTAIN FEW MEMBERS OF
STAFF HAVE TO DO DOUBLE THE WORK, OF COURSE THEY DESERVE THE RAISES THEY
GOT.  LET’S ALL GO OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT STEWART WINS, AND MAKE
ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT DAVE’S PIGS STAY IN SHIT
All of our roads are
horrendous.
Mailbox mayhem
Youth Center exit
for sure!
Where is all the money?
Disgruntled fisherman
I smell something fishy!
From 1989 to present, this is what we have to show for all
of our debt while a few are living prosperously.
Where did all the money go? Strike 100 East L.A.? Dangerous school yard
Approximately $80,000 and two
years sitting there with an
unplayable field.
This is the back of the Mah sos
school.
Tennis anyone?
Ouch!
Farmer in the well
Where is the funding? This place smells fishy
Another farm and supermarket failed and by the look of the
corporate registry there are more.
Have a seat!
Elder Center?
Fire?
Eye sore #100
Two ballfields?
Tobique Band Chiefs (1862-2000)
Frank John Francis
Frank I. Francis
Frank Lockwood
Frank Francis
Frank Lockwood
John Solis
Solomon Bear
Charles Saulis
Noel P. Bear
Gabriel Perley
William Saulis
William Saulis
Peter Joseph Bear
William Saulis
William Saulis
William Saulis
Simon Perley
William Saulis
Philip Sappier
Philip Sappier
Raymond Tremblay
Raymond Tremblay
Charles Paul
Dennis Nicholas
Dennis Nicholas
Dennis Nicholas
Dennis Nicholas
Vaughan Nicholas
George Francis
George Francis
George Francis
David Perley
David Perley
David Perley
Stewart C. Paul
Stewart C. Paul
Stewart C. Paul
Edwin Bernard
Edwin Bernard
Patrick C. Francis
Stewart C. Paul
Stewart C. Paul
Stewart C. Paul
Come back each day and we will put up a new deficit
and a new year, unfortunately the same people.


Tobique Truck Stop eight months after it was to open.
Missing the spring, summer and autumn crowd.
Employees waiting and
wondering if they will get a
paycheck.
Profits? HAHAHA
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