Capital Weekly - State’s first off-reservation tribal casino poised for OK
By Greg Lucas | 06/24/13 5:00 AM PST
Despite
objections of a dozen Indian tribes operating casinos across
California, the Senate is expected to approve legislation this week
allowing the North Fork Rancheria Band of Mono Indians to build a hotel
casino complex near Madera – the first off-reservation tribal casino
authorized in the state.
North
Fork says its 2,000-slot casino and 200-room hotel will jumpstart the
economic livelihood of its 1,900-member tribe and buoy the area’s
depressed rural economy.
“Ratification
of our compact is going to bring jobs to the area and build up the
economy,” Elaine Bethel Fink, chairwoman of the North Fork tribe, told
Capitol Weekly.
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