Shelly meets with evictees

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Gallup Independent
By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

CHURCHROCK — Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly and members of his staff met Monday evening with Churchrock family members evicted from their homes three days after Christmas, and threw out a lifeline.

Residents still have Tuesday to file either a motion for an extension or a motion for reconsideration of the Dec. 16 Navajo Nation Supreme Court decision that removed them from their homes for nonpayment of rent. “They only give you so many days to respond,” Shelly told them, and today is the deadline.

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