Stupid Red Man of the Week Award: Chester Carl

I was inspired to create a Stupid Red Man of the Week Award from a fellow blogger who goes by the name of The Local Crank. On his blog he has a Stupid White Man of the Week Award that, he says, can go to anyone regardless of race. In all fairness, my SRMOTWA could be given to anyone as well but, like the Crank's, probably won’t always.

So to make sure there is equal time for stupid awards.......




The first recipient to get this honor will be Chester Carl. Carl was the leader of the Navajo Housing Authority. Carl seemed to misplace tens of millions of dollars that was supposed to finance homes for Navajo families.

Carl had spent more than 14 years standing up to the federal government and demanding the white mans help to overcome terrible self-inflicted living conditions on reservations nationwide. The HUD money came through (more than $80 million) and subsequently went missing.

Carl was such a loser, he even placed number one on the biggest losers of the year by one his own. Of course he can always blame his problems on someone else; specifically whitey.