...Meanwhile, Big Lagoon Rancheria's gaming compact -- signed in September 2005 -- isn't making much progress with its second attempt at legislative ratification. [Senator Patricia] Wiggins introduced SB 157 to ratify the nearly two-year-old compact, but the legislation remains stymied in the rules committee as of Thursday, according to Susan Boyd of Wiggins' office.
The compact would allow Big Lagoon Rancheria to open a casino in Barstow.
During the 2005-06 legislative session, the legislation was voted down by the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee, but the door was left open for a second vote. That never happened.
Big Lagoon Rancheria Chairperson Virgil Moorehead has said the Rancheria plans to return to its original plans of building a casino on the shores of the lagoon if the current gaming compact is not ratified.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Gaming Compact Previously Voted Down in Assembly Remains 'Stymied' in Senate Rules Committee
from a Eureka Times-Standard story 04.20.07, "State Senate approves Yurok gaming compact" by writer Jessie Faulkner:
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And the winner for the award of "The Tribe With The Most Greed" .................................................................BIG LAGOON!!
These people are trying to pass themselves off as poor indians fighting the big gaming tribes. When in fact Big Lagoon is basically one family where each member not only gets benefits from the federal government, but also see over 40k a year from the Non-Gaming Trust Fund.
The only reason I don't have more contempt for this tribe like I do for Barwest and Los Coyotes is because I don't know if Big Lagoon is even aware that they are stepping on another Tribes HomeLand! They probably know now, but maybe they didn't know it at the time they were approached!
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