As Governor Perry made clear to John Dutton though, she went along because the case for the project was politically and economically compelling in a mostly poor state. Personally though, Governor Perry was in sympathy with Dutton and opposition to the project. She urged him to run for Governor for that reason, with her plans being to run for the US Senate. As a legendary rancher and political figure in a state with a strong ranching tradition, John Dutton ran and won as an opponent of the project, which gave him a mandate to reverse the permits and approvals and kill the project.
Don't get me started about Andy Cuomo. Like his father, Andy Cuomo is a crook from the get go but skilled enough to protect himself from getting caught.
So instead of trying to come up with other options to help the whole State economically, and despite knowing that long-time landowners like the Duttons will have their property encroached upon, she lets the deal go through, and to save her sorry ass, she decides she's getting out of Dodge by running for the Senate. She then encourages John Dutton to run to take her place, so he can deal with the sorry ass mess she left him.
I did a project in Idaho for the railroad.
The railroad supervisor asked where I was staying (a mom and pop motel). He said it was good that I wasn’t staying at the new fancy Indian Casino. He said they didn’t have to follow the same building codes as everyone else does.
I have no idea if that is true - but it sounds like it could be with them being on tribal land.