The Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in California expects a decision on its off-reservation casino this fall, a representative for the tribe said.
The tribe has been pursuing a casino in Calexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border for nearly a decade. A final environmental impact statement was published in October 2011 but the Bureau of Indian Affairs has yet to issue a record of decision. “The tribe is waiting, I’m waiting … It will be 10 years next year,” Imperial County Board Supervisor John Renison told The Imperial Valley Press. “Now not a week doesn’t go by that I don’t get a question of where’s the casino.” Officials in the county and in Calexico support the casino. Get the Story: