Letter: Objections to Spokane Tribe off-reservation casino

Thursday, April 21, 2011  

"As a West Plains business owner and major employer, I am concerned with the significant policy implications the Spokane Tribe’s proposed casino could have at the local, state and federal level.

This casino would be the result of economic convenience as opposed to true economic need. The Spokane Tribe already has assets it can develop to generate significant revenues for tribal members without seeking an exception to build an off-reservation casino on the West Plains.

Only five exceptions have been granted by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs in more than 20 years, and these exceptions were based on severe need, where the tribes literally had no other means of generating revenues to support the welfare of their members."

Get the Story:
Michael A. Senske: Tribe has other options (The Spokesman Review 4/21)

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