Opinion: Evict Seneca Nation for withholding casino funds

Monday, April 16, 2012  

"For more than two years, they haven't paid a dime.

Perhaps it is time to consider eviction, foreclosure or to cancel the contract. Time to develop municipal muscle.

In 2002, Albany made a compact with the Seneca Nation of Indians, one that involved the city of Niagara Falls as the weak sister, witless, hapless, third party to the contract.

The other two got the benefits; we got the crumbs and paid the costs, starting with giving up our convention center for one dollar.

Part of the deal was to snatch 50 acres out of downtown Niagara Falls and give it to the Seneca Nation of Indians to create a sort of trick "sovereign nation" territory within our city so there could be gambling here, in spite of the state constitution that prohibits gambling in New York."

Get the Story:
Frank Parlato Jr: TIME TO CONSIDER EVICTING ALBANY AND SENECA (The Niagara Falls Reporter 4/16)

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