Seminoles Threaten Disenrollment Over ‘False’ Vaccine Lottery Claims

Two members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida exact they make been threatened with disenrollment for criticizing the tribe’s vaccinum lottery and making an inflammatory allegation well-nigh the chairman’s son, The FL Bulldog reports.

Cousins Laura and Leslie Billie aired their concerns virtually the “high stakes” lottery endure month to the Bulldog, a guard dog news site.

Dubbed “the Shot of a Lifetime,” the draw poker aimed to incentivize tribal members to have vaccinated against COVID-19. But the Billies claimed the $3 billion in federal finances used for drawing prizes by the organizers was “misused” and the identities of the winners shrouded in secrecy.

Controversial Petition

Laura Billie also authored a call in petition against Tribal Council Chairman Marcellus Osceola, signed by 285 tribal members. In it she claimed that that many eligible, vaccinated members were not entered into the get and received aught from the fund.

Moreover, Billie claimed inward the petition – falsely, according to the tribal council – that “tribal members also have knowledge that the Chairman’s outlaw(a) son, who is a minor, was the [raffle’s] million-dollar winner.”

In a tribal council get together shoemaker's last month, Osceola denied any impropriety. He said the decision to carry the drawing had been taken past the intact tribal council, non just himself.

“People catch sued for a lot less,” he said, of the allegation nigh his son.

The federation of tribes later confirmed inward a financial statement that winners were chosen at random past a data processor from a list of all vaccinated members. Their names were not publicised because of privateness requirements for health records, it added.

Monthly Checks

The Billies’ outspokenness could ultimately prove very costly. On December 13, the council passed a solving to ban the pair from entering any tribal regime buildings or schools for 60 days.

Should the council depart one stair further and strip the Billies of tribal membership, they would turn a loss their divvy up of cassino profits, as wellspring as other benefits. As owners of the Hard John Rock Casino brand, the tribe is wealthy. It cuts $10,500 dividend checks to for each one fellow member every month.

We have got of late suit aware that you make been inward physical contact with an off-reservation media outlet wherein off-key and unsubstantiated allegations against the Seminole Tribe and its officials were published,” the tribal council wrote to Laura Billie inward a December 6 varsity letter seen by the Bulldog.

“The ramifications are serious and tin can possibly jeopardize the welfare of the Seminole Tribe and its Members,” it adds. “We will not stand idly past and permit such actions continue. You are to cease and desist in contacting off-reservation media outlets for the aim of making any unsubstantiated and mistaken allegations. Be governed accordingly.”

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