Cherokee members threaten to sue over raises, back pay for elected officals

When the Cherokee Tribal Council voted to give itself a hefty pay raise last fall — $10,000 extra a year plus tens of thousands in backpay for the years when it supposedly should have already been receiving those extra dollars — the decision aroused the ire of a staunch contingent of tribal members who deemed it illegal.

Now it’s possible the issue could go to court.

The argument has been ongoing ever since the budget resolution creating the raises passed on Oct. 4, 2014, with no discussion and only one nay vote, from Wolfetown Councilmember Bo Crowe.

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