Tribal Council Violating Tribal Law?

Someone on easternband.com noted that Tribal Council is violating tribal law by not having tabled ordinances published in the One Feather. For the record, yes those are required to be published, and more than likely Council would point its fingers at the One Feather.
While I was editor of that paper, I never liked that requirement. Requiring any publication to publish anything without compensation violates free speech and free press rights. No one seems to have caught on that this requirement conflicts with the tribe's free press act, something that Chief Hicks and Tribal Council have decided it's o.k. to violate on other occasions.
It's just another example of selective enforcement, which is par for the course for this Tribal Council and chief.
While I still don't like this requirement, Council can do better to keep its constituents informed. They can create it's own website, much like the NC Legislature where visitors can actually look up statutes and proposed legislation online. Imagine that! Plus its a great way to keep tribal members living abroad and serving in the military informed, which is why I don't think tribal government will be in a hurry to make it happen. It's much better than publishing it in a newspaper that many people tell me they never read, and has no website.