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Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes—Verbatim <br /> October 10, 2000 <br /> Selectman Cahalane: Perkins and Cole have an office in Washington D.C. They are <br /> based out of Washington, D.C. <br /> George Benway: I know. I know that they represent the towns in Connecticut. <br /> They do not represent the Town of Mashpee. We know that and <br /> they do not have an idea at all of the history of Mashpee and what <br /> happened and why it happened. They would have to learn that. <br /> And, that takes time, and that takes a lot of money. <br /> Selectman Green: One thing George. Just about every suit that followed Mashpee <br /> that was taken on...they also had to learn about Mashpee first <br /> because most of what is involved is from the Mashpee suit. <br /> George Benway: But,the nuances, and all of the twists and turns, and you know <br /> attorneys as well as I do, and I know what goes into this, they <br /> would have to sit down and put in some serious time and team <br /> work. That work has been done. That resides at 60 State Street. <br /> To just ignore that, a wealth of information and experience <br /> seems... <br /> Selectman Leveille: .... <br /> George Benway: It's just another stumbling block. Thank you Mr. Chairman. <br /> Applause. <br /> John Ferguson: Selectman Marsters had an excellent, excellent presentation this <br /> evening. I think that most of the townspeople would like to know <br /> the story here of disclosure of what the Tribe actually would like to <br /> have happen in Mashpee themselves. I think there has been many <br /> things happening in Mashpee, there has been a problem with this <br /> whole Tribal Council suit, the Tribal Council recognition. <br /> 10 <br />