Posted on 11/10/2015 5:27:17 PM PST by PJ-Comix
The chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe has been ousted because of his efforts to resolve a longstanding dispute with the federal government over an income-tax bill now totaling more than $1 billion.
The tribe’s general council voted to remove Colley Billie, who has two years remaining in his second term, as he attempted to settle the nasty legal battle with the Internal Revenue Service and started to withhold taxes from casino gambling distributions to some 600 members — a step the IRS demanded in legal action.
The council, consisting of members of the west Miami-Dade County tribe, voiced its discontent in a petition accusing him of depleting $82 million from a reserve account set aside for paying back taxes owed to the IRS. In the impeachment petition, the council also highlighted that at Billie’s direction, the tribe has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue at its casino operation with bingo-style slot machines and poker.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
A really “sukee” casino?
Totally OT, but when I read "Miccosukee" in the title, my first thought was, "Somebody has come up with a new nasty name for 'Microsoft'".
The alligators ate all the money!
$82 million wasn’t going to make much difference on a $1 billion tax debt.
Are they running the tribe based on the current administration?
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