Gaming illustrates dangers of propositions
Re “Casino Tribes Try to Keep Entire Pot,” Aug. 22
The sorry state of Indian gaming in California shows once again that complex laws should be handled by the Legislature and not by passing an all-or-nothing ballot proposition.
The gaming tribes wrote themselves a sweetheart deal that is extremely favorable to them, and then played on the sympathies of the California voters to get their proposition passed. That proposition has created a small pocket of very wealthy Indians but provided little benefit to the vast majority of California Indians. That is not what the voters intended.
Never has the word “ka-ching” rung up a bigger payday than it has for the handful of gaming tribes in California.
JEFFREY STEWART
Eagle Rock
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