Posted on 06/21/2004 3:09:13 PM PDT by mdittmar
Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Agreements With Indians to Expand Gambling Operations
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed new agreements with five Indian tribes Monday that will allow a major expansion of tribal gambling in exchange for billions of dollars in payments to the state over the next quarter-century.
The deal allows an unlimited increase in the number of slot machines at the Indian tribes' casinos. The current compact, signed by then-Gov. Gray Davis in 1999, limits each tribe to 2,000 machines.
The tribes will pay the state a badly needed $1 billion this year and $250 million a year after that until 2030.
The agreement allows Schwarzenegger to fulfill a campaign promise to make tribes pay a greater share of their casino profits to the state, which has been desperately trying to close multibillion-dollar budget deficits.
The tribes are the Pala Band of Mission Indians, the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, the United Auburn Indian Community, the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians and the Pauma Band of Mission Indians.
Schwarzenegger hopes to have new agreements with as many as a dozen Indian tribes, but not all are receptive to the reworked deals.
One tribe, the Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, has sponsored a ballot measure that would allow expanded Indian gaming in return for a payment to the state of 8.8 percent of tribal net income.
Schwarzenegger is seeking more than that. He also opposes another ballot measure that seeks to tax tribes 25 percent and could allow card rooms and racetracks to operate slot machines.
Er, if you read the old threads, it wasn't we 'supposed' conservatives that had a problem with indian support.
It is the supposed conservatives that knock Arnold for every action he takes and go to great extent to find fault where there is none. The Dems were taking contributions to cater to the tribes and I won't criticize what McClintock was doing because bridges have now been built by Arnold and McClintock.
This was a brilliant way to handle the Indian tribe casinos and is and will continue to be a great benefit to California.
Did Ah-Nold send us a relief pitcher? Our bullpen needs a lot of help!
I'm not knocking Arnold. I'm knocking his FR fan club.
How so? First of all, you are over the line with the "fan club". There were many of us trying to help the GOP win in California but I don't think anyone considered themselves a "fan" of any candidate.
Those folks who thought Arnold stood the only chance of winning were extremely critical of anyone on either side who took campaign funds from Indian tribes. Arnold was the only significant candidate who didn't. What exactly do you feel was "ironic"?
C'mon. "Those folks" were only critical of the Indian tribe issue because it made a good soundbite.
I'll make a friendly wager AS takes their money next time (as he is entitled) and "those folks" won't utter a peep.
No, I do believe that most Republicans were critical of Dems taking tribe money all along... that criticism extended to anyone on the right who also took the tribe bribes. Arnold didn't... that left him in a strong position to negotiate a great deal for California.
So you are condemning Arnold for your groundless assumption that next time he runs he will take tribe money? I see exactly where you are coming from.
Have a nice day.
May I suggest a reading comprehension course?:)
Excellent suggestion... I do hope it helps you :-)
Hmmm…is that what goes on inside those casinos? I have chosen not to go in, so I didn’t realize that people were being scalped. It makes me wonder why others have chosen to go inside.
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