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Oh please, take a look at the in-lieu fishing sites to see how earth friendly the tribes are.  Drive through a reservation & see the blight. The tribes who do have a casino are still collecting funds from the federal government - that is you & I and our taxes.  Why should they be receiving funds?  It is all about greed. 

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Why should the tribes have a monopoly on casinos?  They contribute a small portion of their profits to so called community benefits funds.  They all claim poverty and high unemployment, but there is no way to verify it as they claim sovereignty.  If the Warm Springs are so broke how can they have spent millions of dollars, so far, to build a casino in Cascade Locks?  If approved, they will spend millions more.  Wouldn't those millions have done a whole lot of good to their members to create jobs on their reservations and build facilities needed for alcoholism and drug addiction of their members?  They claim that they need health facilities yet they receive millions of dollars from the federal government for all of their needs.  They receive more than the entire county of Hood River.  Where is that money going?  They have many businesses on their reservation.  They just want to be close to Portland for greed.  There is crime associated with casinos.  We are a very small town & the tribe would take it over.  We have officials who just see dollar signs.  River Lady, Cascade Locks

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I agree with zeabean. I live in Cascade Locks & the proposed casino scares me to death.  Between the poor, elderly & addicted being exploited & the crime that follows casinos I believe we should not only protect our town, but the Columbia River Gorge.  Basing a government budget on casinos has resulted in California being in the red.  There are many casinos, etc. laying off workers right now.  The promises of employment & economical development just do not happen.  There is a point where we have to say NO to more gambling & intrusions on our rights.

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