San Manuel Chairman: Arnold not playing fair

Monday, October 18, 2004  

"We proposed a gaming agreement resulting in an additional $1 billion to the state that was rejected by the governor's negotiators. We requested meetings with the governor directly and were told he was not available. It is the governor who has refused to take a meeting and negotiate, not the tribes..

The reason why the governor turned down this $1-billion deal — as his negotiator told us — is because it wasn't enough money to eliminate the debt. Thus the governor is attempting to extract 25% of our gaming revenue. I consider that greedy. This raises the question: Has the state ever paid tribes their "fair share"? And has the state ever "revenue-shared" with tribes? The answers are no, and to expect tribes to do so is greedy."

Get the Story:
Deron Marquez: Governor Isn't Playing Fair on Indian Casinos (The Los Angeles Times 10/16)
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