Organized Labor has vowed to wage all out war against California's leading gaming tribes as five amended gaming compacts move to the Assembly for approvals. Labor wants further concessions amended into the amended compacts Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger re-negotiated. The Democratic controlled state Senate also approved the compacts last week. Given Organized Labor's heavy political influence, financial resources and army of professional field organizers, Tribal leaders are taking their appeal directly to the state's voters and they have launched
from TogetherCalifornia.com:
California is Facing a Serious Budget Deficit
California is facing a fiscal crisis. Vital services like healthcare and education are being threatened. State controller John Chiang and non-partisan Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill are forecasting a dire fiscal storm on the horizon with state tax revenues falling $1.3 billion below expectations.
Tribal Compacts Can Help Solve The State’s Fiscal Crisis
Last year Governor Schwarzenegger agreed to amend existing tribal compacts with five Southern California Native American Indian tribes allowing them to expand their gaming operations at a handful of casinos in Riverside, San Bernadino and San Diego Counties. Those tribes inlcude the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Agua Caliente Tribe of Cahuilla Indians, Pechanga Band of Luiseño, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation...
...According to the Governor's Office, in exchange for increasing the number of slot machines at their reservation casinos, the tribes will collectively contribute hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the state's general fund. This new revenue will help balance the budget, improve education and provide quality healthcare for those who need it most. In fact, California will receive billions in revenues throughout the life of the compacts...
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