The Wreckers' Grand Canyon Intentions

[ND-Dem]

16. what a hideous and UnAmerican plan. A strip mall on the rim of the grand canyon. What kind

of Dracula-type human being would even think of it?

http://grandcanyonescalade.com/confluence-partners-llc/

The man behind plans for a huge resort at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers may not be familiar to most Navajos (note: except those listed as principals in his company), but he's well known in his home community of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Lamar Whitmer, 56, of Fulcrum Group and Confluence Partners LLC, is a close advisor to Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane... He was accused by local newspaper columnist Robert Leger a few years back of using public comment time at the meetings for "over-the-top" attacks against politicians who didn't share his views.

Whitmer, a political consultant, is perhaps best known for helping the city's strip clubs overturn legislation that would have banned lap dances in 2006. One of those clubs, Skin, is owned by Todd Borowsky - brother to city councilwoman Lisa Borowsky and son of Arizona Snowbowl ski resort owner Eric Borowsky...Back in 1991, Whitmer made headlines when he was accused of pocketing $40,000 in per diem expenses in one year as head of the Maricopa County Sports Authority.

http://navajotimes.com/news/2012/0412/041712whit.php

There are some big interests involved, if you read through the list of principals. And Donald Trump has some kind of connection as well.


Here's a letter from a Navaho tribal member about the inside baseball, as well as other issues r/t waste management, water, etc:

My belief is this: Hale is the charismatic Navajo fronting for the project. This is the same state lawmaker who endorsed the Navajo-Hopi 2012 water settlement although his own people opposed it, the same former Navajo President who stepped down in 1998 to avoid prosecution over the misuse of tribal funds and rebranded himself as a state lawmaker involved in the Escalade.

My opinion is that Hale has knowledge of Navajo law and access to President Shelly. As such, he has interpreted the people's participation in the project to fit what his partners' want, which is to place the Escalade on a fast track.

However, what Hale seems to ignore is the fact that the Escalade is causing disharmony among the Bodaway land users; campaigning by browbeating people in the Navajo language and importing a medicine man from elsewhere to tell the locals their classic Navajo faith is dying to convince them to buy into the project is unacceptable. This is a reflection of how the Partners operate and I'm disappointed in Hale's leadership.

https://www.facebook.com/SavetheConfluence/posts/266925100105762

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