The John Persell's are a dime a dozen... he is no water quality specialist or environmentalist. The Leech Lake Tribal Council doesn't even employ him for the purpose of getting "educated" advice on any of these matters... he is in this posi...tion only to serve the purpose of bringing in state and federal funds and grants with this money being used to line the pockets of a bunch of crooks... anyone who has ever spoken to Persell quickly learns he is barely smart enough to figure out how to put his shoes on the right feet.
Where are there any written reports that Persell has presented to the Tribal Council or the state committees he sits on? There are none. The guy isn't even capable of writing up an environmental impact statement concerning water quality, the effects of pipelines or power lines on people or the environment.
John Persell didn't even have the common human decency to stand up for a smoke-free environment in the casinos because he doesn't have the scientific knowledge to draw a conclusion or make such a decision.
John Persell knows enough to go put up the yard signs that John McCarthy makes for him and he is lucky if he gets the signs with the his name right-side up.
John Persell has sat back in silence as peat mining proceeds in the Big Bog... the largest freshwater aquifer in the lower forty-eight. What kind of water quality specialist would ignore the words of Roger Jourdain who stated that this freshwater aquifer is, "The life-blood of my people... destroy this freshwater aquifer and you destroy my people." I don't see any of the scientists who contributed to editing and writing the book, "The Patterned Peatlands of Minnesota" quoting "water quality specialist" John Persell; but, these scientists sure quoted the words of Roger Jourdain and considered his words of utmost significance. How could anyone claiming to be a water quality specialist employed by a tribal council whose people's very existence depend on this freshwater aquifer known as the Big Bog sit in silence as James Oberstar orchestrated a racist back-room deal along with a Canadian multi-national corporation to truck away the profits. No real water quality specialist would sit in silence as John Persell has done.
Again, anyone can check the written records of John Persell's employment with the Leech Lake Tribal Council and they will find he has done absolutely nothing but sit in a chair at a desk for the express purpose of corrupt federal, state and tribal politicians to launder tax-dollars through this office which these crooks use to line their pockets.
John Persell has not even demonstrated any concern that Enbridge pipe-lines have deteriorated to such an extent in Michigan that the pipes leaked from simple corrosion because for Enbridge the cost of properly checking its pipelines cuts into its profits. What happens if such a leak occurs on the pipeline crossing Leech Lake lands which are much more environmentally sensitive than where the leak (over a million gallons!) occured in Michigan. None of this matters to John Persell the "water quality specialist" because he doesn't even have any comprehension what the consequences would be. This puppet of John McCarthy's is getting paid for not knowing anything in the Minnesota State Legislature and he is being paid a huge salary for pretending to be a "water quality specialist;" which he is not--- if he was a "water quality specialist" he would demonstrate concern for water quality. Has anyone ever heard John Persell demonstrate one iota of concern for the quality of water on the Leech Lake Reservation or water quality anywhere in Minnesota? If so, where is the paperwork to go along with what would be the records and journals maintained by a water quality specialist?
Ask the Leech Lake Tribal Council for John Persell's W-2 forms... then ask to see his written records and reports... do these written records and reports reflect what he is being paid a humongous, obscene salary to do--- protect the water quality?
Does anyone really believe that John Persell could be elected to the position of the proverbial dog catcher, let alone to the Minnesota legislature without the backing of John McCarthy and the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association?
John Persell has not even demonstrated the common human decency to step forward and insist in his capacity as a Minnesota State Legislator that affirmative action be enforced at the BREC even though he is well aware of the shameful poverty among Native American Indians.
Is affirmative action an issue or not? Well, the DFL candidate for Governor seems to think that the fact that Minnesota Departments and agencies not enforcing affirmative action is such a serious problem he called a press conference to announce his intent to see to it that these agencies will have to enforce affirmative action once he is elected... now, did anyone see John Persell standing at Mark Dayton's side during this most important press conference? No; because John Persell has never had the moral or political courage to stand up for what is right and just... be it to protect water quality or ending racist discrimination and poverty and when we examine these issues closely what we always find is they are closely related and interconnected and always linked to the sleaziest kinds of corruption with big money involved
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i think i was reading about that on NYT this month
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