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Tribe threatens to grow pot if casino isn't allowed near Pensacola
The Orlando Sentinel / The Associated Press ^ | February 20, 2015

Posted on 02/22/2015 4:36:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

PENSACOLA — A small, Alabama-based Indian tribe that wants to expand its casinos into the Sunshine State might adopt a hardball negotiating stance: Let us offer gambling in a few Florida locations, or we could consider growing and selling marijuana on our property.

The prospect of selling pot is just one "what if" scenario that tribal leaders say is possible. But what the Poarch Creek Band of Indians want now is for Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature to take them seriously and approve a compact with the tribe that would allow a casino....

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: cannabis; florida; gaming; indians; marijuana; pot; wod
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1 posted on 02/22/2015 4:36:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why not have a casino AND a grass farm?
Go big or go home!


2 posted on 02/22/2015 4:39:00 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: nascarnation

The Happy Smoke Casino?


3 posted on 02/22/2015 4:40:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is there a third choice, like maybe IHOP, now to be known as I-HemP?


4 posted on 02/22/2015 4:41:11 PM PST by lee martell (The sa)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Surely “high” gamblers would lose more money?


5 posted on 02/22/2015 4:41:38 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: lee martell

I-HemP
Awesome.
See if you can get it trademarked and sell/license it!


6 posted on 02/22/2015 4:43:14 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just wait til they grow the pot and arrest the tribe members involved. They wont talk nonsense like that anymore. Seems the self-entitled left of centrists thinks they can blackmail or make threats for self-enrichment these days...


7 posted on 02/22/2015 4:44:06 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just wait til they grow the pot and arrest the tribe members involved. They wont talk nonsense like that anymore. Seems the self-entitled left of centrists thinks they can blackmail or make threats for self-enrichment these days...


8 posted on 02/22/2015 4:45:25 PM PST by jsanders2001
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9 posted on 02/22/2015 4:46:09 PM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: nascarnation

the only thing that produces a beast dumb enough to burn their money in a casino is alcohol. That’s why they give it away. Stoners are more likely to not leave their rooms, order room service, and smoke more pot.


10 posted on 02/22/2015 4:47:45 PM PST by drunknsage
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

hey why not seeing as the feds don’t bother enforcing their own drug laws or marriage law etc . Might as well threaten and break laws ourselves then.


11 posted on 02/22/2015 4:48:04 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: jsanders2001

exactly


12 posted on 02/22/2015 4:48:43 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jack-Pot!


13 posted on 02/22/2015 4:49:25 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: nascarnation
Why not have a casino AND a grass farm? Go big or go home! Will smoking be allowed on the casino floor? An ideal revenue enhancer and eases the pain of losing too!
14 posted on 02/22/2015 4:55:37 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Next, they will threaten to open a Chicken Ranch.


15 posted on 02/22/2015 5:02:12 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, the did give us tobacco.


16 posted on 02/22/2015 5:12:55 PM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, I Threaten to grow pot if - oh wait: i already AM growing pot.

What’s. All the fuss?


17 posted on 02/22/2015 5:21:46 PM PST by T-Bone Texan (The time is now to form up into leaderless cells of 5 men or less.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s supposed to be sovereign land, they shouldn’t have to ask the government permission for squat.


18 posted on 02/22/2015 5:35:56 PM PST by Husker24
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It’s supposed to be sovereign land, they shouldn’t have to ask the government permission for squat.

Yep - but then they draw all sorts of state and federal welfare benefits. Can't have it both ways...

19 posted on 02/22/2015 5:47:26 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is total BS.
The “tribe” named is a Creek tribe, based in Alabama, not Florida.

No “Federal Treaty” tribal land rights in Florida, as far as I can tell, for that particular group.

No law against them buying Florida property, but that property is not “reservation property”, it's simply investment property, and not given special tribal legal exemptions, just because the tribe might now own it.

20 posted on 02/22/2015 6:01:40 PM PST by sarasmom (Je suis Charlie!)
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