Darrell Flyingman - The Flyingman Initiative 21 hours ago In a statement made today by Darrell Flyingman, Flyingman wants tribal members to know that he is not, nor has he ever been in support of the pokertribes contract. This is a lie made up by Richard Grellner in his motion to the court (below). Flyingman has never made a public or private statement in support of this contract. As for comments and documentation about Richard Grellner that have been published in The Flyingman Initiative, facebook page or The Cheyenne - Arapaho Tribal Council page - comments made by our readers are protected under freedom of speech. We stand for unity among the tribes. Grellner apparently used comments and documentation published by these two pages as his excuse for withdrawing and closing a case that should have never been made by him on behalf of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. We are not the dysfunctional, unsophisticated and easy targets Grellner said we are in an interview by Murray Evans in 2011 (see post). _______________________________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA CHEYENNE ARAPAHO TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 13-1355-D SALLY JEWELL, et al. Defendants. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO WITHDRAW AS ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS The undersigned respectfully request that this Court grant them leave to withdraw as attorneys for the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma (“Tribes” or “CNA”) pursuant to Rules 7.1 and 83.5 of this Court’s Local Rules. The grounds for the request are as follows: 1. On December 26, 2013, the undersigned filed suit against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) at the request and direction of the Tribes’ Governor, Janice Prairie-Chief Boswell, with every indication the litigation also enjoyed the support of Eddie Hamilton, who at the time was expected to become Governor in January 2014. 2. However, the subject of the lawsuit – an online gaming website intended for an exclusively international market called pokertribes – became a political football in the tribal electoral season. A former Governor (who purported to run for the job in an uncontested parallel “election”), and other third parties alleged that the Tribes’ investment in developing the website – which marketing studies have projected could bring the Tribes gross annual revenue of some 130 Million Dollars by 2017 – was improper; and suggested that successful negotiations with the State of Oklahoma to clarify the terms of the existing Tribal-State Compact to permit online gaming to an international market somehow jeopardized the Tribes’ existing gaming operations. 3. The former Governor also mounted online personal attacks against tribal officials – including members of the CNA Gaming Commission headed by Eddie Hamilton’s father Walter Hamilton – and representatives who had worked on behalf of the Tribes to bring the project to fruition. 4. These online attacks apparently persuaded former proponent Eddie Hamilton to disavow both the project and the federal lawsuit challenging action by DOI to obstruct commencement of operations. Ironically, the former Governor then proceeded to express support for pokertribes. - 5. To further complicate the question of legitimate executive authority, the Regional Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, wrote the Tribes in February 2014 regarding funding of contracts for tribal programs, noting that “[a]s a result of that [leadership] dispute, the Region is aware of three persons claiming to be the rightful Governor of the Tribes” (emphasis added), Terry M. Bruner to Governor, Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes, February 10, 2014 (Attachment), p. 1; and informing the Tribes in relevant part that “the Region has looked closely at this situation and determined that it is not necessary for the purposes of these direct program funds and contract support funds to make a tribal leadership determination at this time.” Id., p. 3. 6. The Tribes’ Constitution provides that a sitting Governor continue to serve until a replacement is duly sworn. The Regional Director’s mention of “three persons claiming to be the rightful Governor ...” was in likely reference to Ms. Boswell’s claim to continuing authority as Governor under this constitutional provision. 7. The undersigned have been reluctant to take any action without agreement, or at the least consensus, between and among the potential Governors, including especially Ms. Boswell, whom they regard as most likely to have current executive authority under the Tribe’s Constitution. 8. Ms. Boswell has now decided that, while on a personal basis she favors continued prosecution of the lawsuit with the assistance of undersigned counsel, she is reluctant to ask them to continue in the case absent more definitive indication that she indeed has the requisite executive authority to do so. The undersigned thus feel bound to seek leave to withdraw at this juncture. WHEREFORE, the undersigned respectfully request leave to withdraw their appearances as attorneys for the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. A proposed Order is attached. Respectfully submitted this 10th day of March, 2014, /s/ Richard J. Grellner Richard J. Grellner, OBA #15521 RJG Law PLLC 434 NW 18th Street Oklahoma City,OK 73103 Tel 405.834.8484 Fax 405.602.0990 rjgrellner@hotmail /s/ John P. Racin John P. Racin, DC Bar No. 942003 Member, W.D. Ok. Bar Law Office of John P. Racin 1721 Lamont Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20010 Tel 202.277.7691 Fax 202.296.5601 awjrlaw@erols CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this March 10, 2014, I caused the foregoing Motion for Leave to Withdraw as Attorneys for Plaintiffs, the designated Attachment, and proposed Order to be mailed, postage prepaid, to the following: Governor, Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma 100 Red Moon Circle Concho, OK 73022 William R. Norman, Esq. HOBBS STRAUS DEAN & WALKER, LLP 101 Park Avenue, Suite 700 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (Counsel to Eddie Hamilton) /s/ Richard J. Grellner Richard J. Grellner, OBA No. 15521 Like · Comment Top Comments James Addison, Rufina Laws, James Blackowl and 4 others like this. Richard James Grellner Not this pete it shows the cover up as late at 2008. Also the payments on the house from gaming funds occurred as late as September 2008! about an hour ago Pete Salinas What cover up? Once again Darrell qualified for that assistance from housing. There was nothing wrong done to cover up. Its just you and your idiots making a stink over it. And do you have any proof that the money Darrell paid back came from gaming funds? That check looks to be from Darrells own personal bank account. Again you come with your BS accusations which are easily debunked. And your a lawyer?? Where did you go to law school?? Billy Joe Rays school of law and taxidermy? about an hour ago Richard James Grellner Pete he qualified for the assistance because while chairman of the business committee he had reggie sign an mou as director of housing which set up the program. No resolution, no standards because he set it up that way without a resolution from the business committee which was required. Remember the business committee didnt meet from early 2004-2006. The proof the funds he took to renovate it did come from gaming funds. here they are and the receipts are in the report. Again why did he need this house, because he didnt live in the tribes jurisdictional area as required to be governor under the constitution. 47 minutes ago Priscilla Freeman If Darrell Flyinmans renovation was a crime you as incompetent a lawyer that you are could have easily taken this to the proper authorities. Besides, most programs are taken from casino revenue. Unlike your buddy Brian Foster and yourself at least this was legally done and he was entitled to participate in this program. Are you having a nervous breakdown here? Good. 35 minutes ago Richard James Grellner what about this admission. this mean anything. At some point those pointing fingers out there have three pointing back at them. The Self-Annointed Emporor has no clothes! about an hour ago Pete Salinas I talked to Reggie Wassana about this issue years ago. He told me at that time Darrell Flyingman qualified for this assistance from housing as you only had to be an elder. However your little band of idiot tribal members that you lead around caused such an uproar over this that Darrell did reconsider and decided to pay it back to shut them up over this issue. Of course even though this was years ago and the money has been paid back here you are again still trying to cast Darrell in a bad light. I sure dont see you mentioning anything about the more recent $9 million + that was embezzled from your idiot group. about an hour ago Priscilla Freeman Hey Dick! Are we going to get into a war of emails? You already lost. Darrell Flyingman paid for the repairs to his home because YOUR tribal flunkies and we all know who they are got their panties in a knot over his being the governor AND getting his home repaired. He qualified. Had he not qualified you all would have thrown him under the jail for breaking the law...you are not talking to a bunch of dysfunctional, unsophisticated east targets any longer. Now everyone knows what time it is when it comes to your bullshit. about an hour ago Richard James Grellner Pete: Doesnt it bother you that he put himself, (with three houses) above other more needy tribal members? and doesnt it bother you that there was no resolution approving the mou that reggie and dfm signed to set it up for no standards except being an elder. How is that not a problem: setting up a program unilaterally for which you qualify because you put no standards in the program. I didnt come up with any of this: Leslie harjo did back in 2008 before dfm decided to reimburse the 15k! At some point you folks need to quit covering for those leaders who put their desires above the needy. Otherwise things will never get better out there. If having three dwellings isnt enough to meet that standard what is? As for the the 9.4 million decision was made long before i got involved. I was just asked to make it legal by getting the state/feds to approve it which I was in the process of finishing before everyone decided they were against it after they were for it or in dfms case vice versa. I dont make the decisions how they spend money out there. I just get the dirty job of cleaning up the mess. 58 minutes ago Pete Salinas No Dick it does not bother me at all how many houses Darrell has because he actually had a job/career and paid for his own home and or homes before he came to Oklahoma. Unlike your pathetic band of idiot tribal members who can only leech off the tribe and do nothing else. And how is it all Darrell and Reggies responsibilty in setting up standards for that program? I seem to remember Ida hoffman, Robert Wilson, Mike Martin and a few other nutless legislators who should bear some of that responsibility. I guess they were more interested in doing all they can to get the old SouthWest casino people back. Well they finally did and we seen how that turned out for us. And spare us your fake concern for the well being of the C&A tribal members. Any fool can see you are full of sh*t on that one, you care nothing for us and thats the truth. If we had no money you wouldnt give us the time of day. And again you sure think you are some kind of super lawyer that can make an illegal action legal. No way no how Dick. You need to take your cracker ass on down the road. We are done with you here. 1 · 42 minutes ago Richard James Grellner Pete, the fact is there was no program because it was not set up properly via a resolution. If no program it was clearly improper. There can be no standards for a program that is not in existence legally. If I had done something like that as cracker ass I would be in jail. DFM should know he tried his best with lies and half truths but eventually the truth shows its face. As for the money, I was there in the early 1990s when there were no monies. Electronic Bingo, Pulltabs, blackjack, not getting screwed on the compact, and yes internet gaming all have my name on them. Google It. Your tribe would have been beating a drum in Lucky Star 15 year ago if I hadnt stepped into the breach and risked my license for expanded gaming. None of the Johnny come latelys (including dfm) were there for those trying times. They were too busy padding their federal retirements a retirement i let forego to help you fine folks. And what did I get for it. Lets see in twenty years I got: 1. my verified expenses on a land claim (25k a year authorized via federal contract) and 2. gaming fees that were reimbursed by third parties via the management companies fiduciary obligation to maximize profits. In all about 50k a year while the tribe got 1500 jobs and went from a six million to an eighty million dollar budget. Again my fees overwhelmingly got reimbursed. The truth is Pete I WAS there when THAT TRIBE had no money! 24 minutes ago Richard James Grellner Not everyones god is money is the one thing we agree on. 2 hours ago Richard James Grellner Thats one thing we agree on. dfms god is power as evidenced below! 2 hours ago Priscilla Freeman Richard Grellner - are you nuts? Everyone who reads this knows damn well who these tribal members are...they are your greedy flunkies...who are these tribal members? lol...this is your work . No will believes you!!!! This letter means nothing to anyone but YOU. If it comes from you it is poison...people understand this. They know your work with other tribes now...how about the Caddos? They ran your sorry ass out of their country...what about the Ote-Missouri tribe you all tried to get in with? What about the Ft.Sill Apaches? You are an idot. 2 hours ago Pete Salinas This just shows what a tool and how stupid Mark Cody is. He states he wants to submit this before the 5 year statue has run out. But the last allegation was made in 2007 and this was submitted in January 2013 which is six years after the fact. about an hour ago Priscilla Freeman This is evidence that you, Tom Fox and his bunch are desparate to keep Flyingman out of office. about an hour ago Priscilla Freeman People - I wrote the post that Grellner is depending on to get him out of the mess he made for himself. One error and he jumped on it and took it to court, used it in his motion to back out of the lawsuit he filed on your behalf against the DOI/BIA. This goes to show you his talent as an attorney. If this is his only argument against Flyingman and excuse for pulling out of a lawsuit he should have never filed without your knowledge or permission...good. One post that Darrell did not write. He can delude himself all he wants, that one post which I wrote is not evidence enough to prove Darrell Flyingmans intention. After 20 years of ripping the tribes off he has reduced himself to arguing and demanding that his word is law...on facebook! That in of itself is a win for the tribes. Could it be that we all will get to see what goes around, comes around in real time? Keep the faith and pray he will leave the Cheyenne and Arapaho people and their resources alone for good. 2 hours ago Richard James Grellner sounds like dfm is fully on board with making money from online gaming. 2 hours ago Priscilla Freeman Richard, not everyones god is money...take your religion someplace else. 2 hours ago Pete Salinas Sounds like Grellner is slandering Darrell Flyingman by stating he is approving of an illegal gambling operation. Or is that libel? Either way Grellner you are treading on thin ice with your lies. Im sure Darrel will be talking to his lawyer about your accusation. 2 hours ago Richard James Grellner Pete I like talking to you but I didnt write it he did! or as Ms. Freeman is now admitting she did in his name. If it aint true it shouldnt be posted on here. right? I thought that was the standard you guys followed! 2 hours ago Priscilla Freeman Grellner if you are going to post on this page stop deleting your posts - be a man and stand by what you write. 2 hours ago Richard James Grellner In addition, the tribes are still able to operate both Pokertribes and Bingotribes internationally, not in the United States....Wheres the money boys? 2 hours ago Priscilla Freeman Oh yeah...if they are operating now or still able to operate what good does it do tribal members? They will come out with a dime and you and your buddies will walk away with it all...understand that people know you for what you are...hard to believe? Good, you keep telling yourself it is all Darrell Flyingman...remember that I have the magic email that will show you for what you are. about an hour ago GhostDog RomanNose Grellner needs to be found ON Red Moon Pow Wow Arena! 4 hours ago Richard James Grellner Darrell Flyingman stated in response to the article that he does in fact intend to proceed with pokertribes when the BIA decision is released, as well as Bingotribes. enough said! 17 hours ago Priscilla Freeman Richard Grellner - I am Priscilla Freeman. Enough said? Really...well, first off you must think that the IBIA is going to rule in favor of Darrell Flyingman to make such a stupid statement. Darrell Flyingman has said repeatedly that he does not support pokertribes or bingotribes. There has never been any conversation on his page, or the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribal Council page about his support for this scam that your good buddies from SWCC, namely Tom Fox and Brian Foster have perpetrated against the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. In fact, the only tribal members who support this fiasco are the ones who you seem to have fooled into thinking you know what you are doing, or fooled into thinking they can make as much money as you have off those you stated in an interview are …“still dysfunctional. They are an easy target in some respects because they are not as sophisticated as other tribes”! This is how you ripped off the Cheyenne and Arapaho people, this is your mind set. You have made a career on the backs of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people. Those days are over. Go throw your Howdy-Doody fit somewhere else. This thinking is what gave you the where-with-all to rip the tribes off all these years. It has backfired on you. Accept that. You don’t know the Cheyenne and Arapaho people as well as you want to believe or make others believe you do. The fact of the matter is you have only been able to manipulate the weak and greedy. Those days are gone. Your problem is you are so full of yourself you actually believe that tribal members will listen to you…dream on. In fact, most of them already know you for what you are. Maybe you feel 10ft tall and bullet proof by now after 20 years of scamming the C&A people without repercussion, your game is over and done with. Unless you have any documentation or proof that Flyingman, or those who post on his behalf supports pokertribes or bingotribes, which you don’t have because you are lying, you better be prepared to come up with something better than the bullshit you tried to pull here today. I am writing to judge DeGiusti myself with a complaint about your lying in the motion to withdraw simply because you did lie and cannot show that Darrell Flyingman supports these bogus contracts. Your throwing a hissy fit online on facebook means nothing to anyone and will not change any minds about your part in the mess the Cheyenne and Arapaho’s are in today. 2 · 15 hours ago Ron Kaulay The above letter is not any evidence..its an idiot making accusations. I worked at the Housing Authority during this time, and none of this happened. Someone needs to get their story straight before they open their mouth!! 1 · about an hour ago Pete Salinas Thats how they operate Ron. With lies and half truths to get tribal members to believe their BS. 1 · about an hour ago Mary Pope Grellner finally came to his senses!!! Its about time... 19 hours ago Serena Sosa Really? 20 hours ago James Addison We all know DFM doesnt support poker tribes. Grellner can take his bullshit to someone else thats gonna believe what comes out of his Suck.If hed like Id be more than happy to put my foot up his ass or upside his damn head. 11 hours ago · Edited
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