Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ed Manuel, center, and Vice Chairman Verlon Jose, left, give San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler a tour of the West Valley Resort under construction in Glendale, Arizona. Photo from Chairman Terry Rambler / Facebook
Despite a small setback in federal court, the Tohono O'odham Nation remains far ahead of opponents of the West Valley Resort that's under construction in Glendale, Arizona, columnist EJ Montini observes:
The politicians who have tried for years to stop the Tohono O’odham Nation from opening a casino on land it owns north of Glendale's Westgate Entertainment District celebrated a great victory recently. Although, it wasn’t actually great. And, well, it wasn’t exactly a victory, either. Look at it this way: Let’s say the politicians opposed to the casino had a softball team and they were playing a game against a Tohono O’odham team, and the politicians were losing by a score of something like 16-0 in the late innings. And then the politicians scored a run. It was that kind of “victory.” Judge David Campbell of the U.S. District Court of Arizona decided that he would not grant the tribe an injunction against the Arizona Department of Gaming and state officials over certification of its casino. Does that mean the casino won’t open?Get the Story:
EJ Montini: Tohono O'odham winning in rigged casino game (The Arizona Republic 9/27)
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