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... Stop the Casino 101 Coalition (STC101) has learned from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Gaming Office (202-219-4066) that the Graton Rancheria gambling compact will be signed today by Indian Affairs Assistant Secretary Donald Laverdure.
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Feds Ignore State Court
Action, Approve Graton Rancheria Gambling Compact
Federal government "meddling" in state legal
issue
Stop the Casino 101
Coalition (STC101) has learned from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Gaming Office
(202-219-4066) that the Graton Rancheria gambling compact will be signed today
by Indian Affairs Assistant Secretary Donald Laverdure.
"We are very disappointed
with this news," said Pastor Chip Worthington, founder of STC101. "Washington
has once again ignored the will of the people in this matter. They are meddling
in a state legal issue"
"A lawsuit is currently in
state court challenging the very legality of the compact, which is governed by
state law, not federal law," he said.
On May 21, 2012, Stop the
Casino 101 Coalition and local residents filed a lawsuit in state court
challenging the legality of the compact. The lawsuit argues that jurisdiction
over land does not automatically pass to the federal government and Indian tribe
upon purchase of title, but that the land remains governed by state law unless
and until the state formally cedes jurisdiction, which it has not done. That
means casino gambling is illegal on the site.
"Washington is ignoring
this litigation and thumbing it's nose at the people of Sonoma County and the
State of California."
"Secretary Laverdure has
signed a compact that hasn't yet been shown to be legal under California state
law."
Area residents are
also very concerned about the environmental issues that were ignored by the
study done for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) casino project.
68% of area residents remain opposed to the Graton Rancheria casino.
The company that performed
the environmental study, Analytical Environmental Services, has come under a
cloud of suspicion for multiple violations of the National Environmental
Protection Act (NEPA) for another tribal casino study it did.
"This casino is an
environmental disaster," said Pastor Worthington. "It will put 40,000 more car
trips on Highway 101 every day and will increase crime, pollution and domestic
violence in our community."
"The NEPA study was joke,
its use in the compact was criminal, and the compact itself is criminal. That's
why we went to court."
STC101 believes the
gambling compact to be a state issue that must be decided in our state courts,
as is the right of all Californians..
With one lawsuit already in
the state courts, now that the compact has been approved by Washington, STC101
might now raise a challenge in federal court.
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| Tribes
Spending Millions on Capitol Hill and in Statehouses Across the Nation to Get
Their Way
From McClatchy Newspapers Read the
Article
"WASHINGTON - After
buying a new chunk of land 50 miles north of San Francisco, the Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria just broke ground on a new, Las Vegas-style casino.
It will be the largest in the Bay Area, with 3,000 slot machines, 200 hotel
rooms, a spa, bars, restaurants and parking for more than 5,000 cars.
"In New York, the Shinnecock
Indian Nation is considering Long Island as a site on which to build the Big
Apple's first tribal casino.
"And in Washington state, the
Spokane Tribe of Indians wants a new 13-story casino and hotel next to the
Fairchild Air Force Base, prompting fears that the city will become
"Spo-Vegas."
"The plans are extraordinary for
one reason: In all three cases, the tribes want to build their palaces on new
land that's not part of their original reservations.
"The expansions are the latest
twist in the nation's Indian casino wars, and they mark a major shift for the
tribes, which already run 385 casinos and bingo halls in 29
states."
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