Letter to Scott Brown

By , February 15, 2010 7:23 am

Shortly after Scott Brown was elected senator, I sent this email. It’s been over three weeks and I haven’t gotten so much as a form letter response like “thanks for the email”. So much for the hope that Scott Brown would listen to his contituents. Kennedy on the other hand was known for the responsiveness of his office. Here is the letter:
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Senator-elect Brown,
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Hopefully you are aware of the proposal by the Mashpee Wampanoag to build a casino in Middleboro. You may know that a sovereign Indian casino is not possible at this time. Carcieri v. Salazar found that the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934(IRA) only allowed the Secretary of the Interior(SOI) to take land into trust(create reservation land) for tribes federally recognized prior to 1934.
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What is your position on S.1703 and H.R.3697 which would amend the IRA to allow the SOI to create reservation land for tribes recognized after 1934? For reference, here are the bills in question:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-1703
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3697
And the Carcier v. Salazar decision
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-526.ZS.html
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I suppose a more general question would be “Do you support locating a casino on sovereign Indian land in Middleboro Massachusetts or generally in the Commonwealth?
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Regards,
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-Mark



6 Responses to “Letter to Scott Brown”

  1. BolshoiBob says:

    Why send the letter to just Senator Brown? Why not to all the Massachusetts Senators and Representatives?

  2. bumpkin says:

    Brown is the unknown quantity that rode in on a wave of popular (if vague and misdirected) anger promising to de-Frack Washington and start listening.

    I’ve contacted both Kennedy and Frank and was satisfied by their responsiveness. It’s Brown’s time to show if he’s the real deal or an empty suit. So far I’m not impressed that he wasn’t even able to muster up a form response.

  3. He probably thinks it’s a trick question :-)

  4. Paula Cieplik says:

    I know first hand that Senator Kennedy himself or his staff always responded in a timely matter. It’s disappointing that Scott Brown and his staff haven’t followed his good example! Hopefully it is just due to Scott Brown and his staff settling into their new office! I want to give Scott Brown a chance YET I know in my heart that no one will ever be able to replace our beloved Teddy Kennedy!

  5. Ret says:

    Senator Kennedy had been in office for 40 years… Scott Brown two weeks. At least let him get his office setup before claiming he’s unresponsive to the people.

  6. bumpkin says:

    We’re going on a month now and not so much as a form letter. We’ll give it time and see but I would expect that after this amount of time, at least an acknowledgement would have come by now.

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