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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:07

Chamber of Commerce Has Open Seat After Bamert Resignation

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slide14A seat has opened on the Amador County Chamber of Commerce of after the resignation of former Supervisor and rancher Tom Bamert. Bamert’s letter of resignation is dated April 16th and addressed to the President of the Chamber Jack Mitchell. According to Bamert his decision to resign is based on the fact that the Chamber has reserved a place on a committee for the Buena Vista Band of Me-Wuk Indians. The committee in question is the Tourism Committee which is one of three committees that are structured by the Chamber. Bamert states that he quote “could not believe my eyes when I looked at the Committee Listings for the Chamber and saw that the “Buena Vista Rancheria” was included on the Tourism Committee.”
slide17 Bamert then questioned the Chamber’s Director Jacqueline Lucedo about the issue and according to Bamert he was told that it wasn’t a misprint and that there was not a name of a person representing the “Rancheria” on the list (of committee members) because they (the Rancheria) are not formally recognized as a casino at this time but when they are, the Chamber would like them on the Committee. Bamert states that he “does not wish to be associated with an organization that supports another casino in our county”. According to Chamber President Jack Mitchell the Buena Vista tribe is a dues paying member of the Chamber and has a right to serve on committees. Mitchell states that is the Chamber’s job to serve the local business community not to prevent their participation in the Chamber. “The Chamber promotes business in the community” states Mitchell. “Its not our place to pick which businesses those are.”
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