Indian Gambling Compacts Headed To February 5 California Referendum

Pechanga Casino in Temecula

Some of the richest California Indian tribes will be fighting with organized labor and racetrack interests this February 5th when California voters go to the polls to select a Presidential nominee.

Setting the stage for a political firefight, a labor union and racetrack owner yesterday filed ballot measures seeking to overturn expansive new gambling compacts for some of the state’s wealthiest Indian tribes.

Backers of the four referenda will have about 60 days to collect 434,000 signatures for each measure to qualify them for the Feb. 5 presidential primary election.
But everyone involved said they believe there is ample time to gather the necessary signatures.

The measures would give California voters an opportunity to pass judgment on compacts that would allow Sycuan of El Cajon, Pechanga of Temecula and two other tribes to build some of the largest casinos in the world.

If everyone thinks that California television airwaves will be blistering with ads from Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton, you have seen nothing yet from the Indian tribes who stand to gain billions in gaming revenue.

The media campaign folks and consultants will make the big bucks as the labor unions portray the gaming agreements as the “rich getting richer.”

Will the other less affluent Indian tribes become involved?

Probably and it won’t be pretty.

Stay tuned…….

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