And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:51:39 -0500 To: Ishgooda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Calif. tribe signs Indian gambling compact with governor Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/news101r.htm Calif. tribe signs Indian gambling compact with governor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A wealthy Indian tribe that owns a 1,200-slot machine casino belatedly joined dozens of other tribes and signed a pact with the governor Tuesday that would increase casino-style gambling on California reservations. The Agua Caliente, which earlier declined to join the 57 other tribes that approved the pacts on Friday, signed the agreement in Gov. Gray Davis' office. ``In the 11th hour of the 20th century, we have sought to make right with the first Americans,'' Davis said with the tribe's chairman, Richard Milanovich, at his side. The Palm Springs tribe is a major participant in California's gambling politics and had considered bankrolling a ballot initiative next year that would have dramatically increased casino-style gambling on Indian reservations. But after days of negotiations in the Capitol, the tribe decided against a ballot fight. The agreements ward off a Justice Department threat to enforce a federal court order that would have shut down the tribes' slots and low-stakes blackjack games in mid-October. The state agreed to allow slot machines to continue operating after the Indians consented to a cap of no more than about 43,000 of the devices. An estimated 18,000 are in use now. The compromise came after a high court overturned Proposition 5, the 1998 voter-approved measure that allowed gambling machines and certain card games at Indian casinos. The justices said the California Constitution bans such Las Vegas-style gambling. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
