Before I arrived, they had several failed business ventures. THey had a glove factory, for one. The town of Blanding changed the zoning on the area it was in, and closed the shop down. THey had a cattle business....closed when the drought hit. They had a construction company...closed when they could not compete with the companies owned by LDS contractors.
You seem to miss the picture. On 6/27/06, mark robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, > > So you agree that development of business is the answer to the > problem, correct? And you agree that govt treaty "aid" had > previously done very little (before you and Elaine arrived) to > develop business, right? And do you agree that the mother of > invention (innovation) is necessity? Do we at least agree on > those three points? > > -Mark > > PS: I curious. Why are they called Vista "Volunteers" if they are > (you were) being paid? I don't know the budget of AmeriCorps > (parent of Vista [not a corporation but a govt program]) but > here's a hint from a 2003 article: "Without the $100 million, > AmeriCorps will not be able to fill 20,000 of its 50,000 > volunteer slots this year." > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10504-2003Jul31.ht > ml > > > ************ > {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote > "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the > case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions. > There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a > unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill > its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and > unjust lawsuits. > See www.fija.org > [Please adopt this as your own signature.] } > > ----------------------------- > > > That is part of what is being done there now. Oh, no, I finished > a second > year and moved on to teach on the Wind RIver Reservation in > Wyoming. > This article began with a post I was sharing...showing a business > success on > this reservation. I showed an article on how VISTAS found a way > to assist > the Ute and Navajo children in San Juan County with sales of home > made candy > over the Internet. The success was so surprising that the parents > are now > involved. > > That is what we do there...we need to first begin with education. > A person > who can not read or spell can not access the Internet, and this > is one major > way to find a market for their products. I set up a business > council to help > Ute adults with assistance with business decisions. > > Here is an example of past Ute business dealings. An old woman > asked me to > give her a ride 25 miles to pick willow shoots to weave a basket > (really a > large plate) as she was too old to walk. THe next few days I saw > her walking > through the reservation picking plants. For the next week she > bioled down > those plants to make dye to color the willow. Then, she wove the > most > beatiful basket in reds blues greens and yellows. It took her 3 > weeks to > finish it. SHe came into the Education Center and was so proud to > tell me "I > sild my basket for $400!" I thought, well that is good, it will > go a long > way. > A few weeks later I was in locan 'Indian Crafts' shop in the town > south of > the reservation, Her basket was hanging on the wall with a price > tag of > $2600 on it. THAT is their experiences. We helped them find > markets for > their work that is better than $2.50 an hour for their labor. > > ps...I would not care who paid the $700 a month or where it came > from, > believe me. > > > -- ******************************************************************* Are YOU Preparing For The November '06 Elections NOW??? ******************************************************************* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Save-The-USA/ It is time to do something about all this! ******************************************************************* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
