"If you've had the misfortune of turning on the TV lately, surely you've discovered that California's Indian tribes are at war. Not just with the white man, who wants a piece of their casino action, but with one another.

Dueling ballot propositions, along with opposition to a deal Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cooked up with five tribes, are making for a blitz of TV ads. The combatants are throwing $10 million into the battle this week alone, with a total of about $75 million already on the table.

I'm not sure the ads will help anyone sort through the issues, but they do make one thing perfectly clear:

The tribal casinos must have the tightest slots in history. Where else would all those millions be coming from?"

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Are Tribes Cashing In Their Heritage? (The Los Angeles Times 9/24)
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