Members of the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians are voting today on a casino alcohol referendum.
A majority of at least 30 percent of the tribe's 6,489 voters must approve the measure for it to pass, The Asheville Citizen-Times reported. The last time the issue came up for a vote in 1980, it was rejected by a 2-1 margin.
Supporters say alcohol sales will increase revenues at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino by as much as $70 million a year. Business has dropped amid the national recession.
Opponents worry about the social impacts of alcohol.
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Tribe to vote on selling alcohol at Harrah's Cherokee Casino
(The Asheville Citizen-Times 6/4)
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Eastern Cherokees voting on alcohol sales at casino
Thursday, June 4, 2009
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