CSKT members well funded

This is unbelievable. The figures are confirmed.  You can go to the

links to verify or call the county.

Missoula County’s 2015 budget: The total adopted budget is $126.6 million.”

(http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-county-unanimously-approves-budget

-includes-percent-tax-hike/article_bc5308dc-2e47-11e4-bd05-0019bb2963f4.html).

The total Missoula County budget for 2015 is $126 million.  This is for a population of 110,000 people. About $1145 per resident.

The 2012 CSKT (Flathead Indian Reservation) budget was close to $218 million, (mostly taxpayers dollars) for about 5,200 tribal members living on the reservation.

That is almost $42,000 per tribal member living on the reservation. $210,000 for a family of 5. You can confirm at the below link.

Are you kidding me? (http://www.cskt.org/gov/docs/2012AnnualReport.pdf)

The last Lake County budget was $28 million for the 28,986 people (includes tribal members) living in Lake County, or about $970 per resident of Lake County (which is located on the Flathead Res.)

These are huge differences. $970 vs. $42,000.

Steve Nelson

Lake County