Thursday, May 22, 2014

Reading

I am reposting a link here to something I posted nearly 2 years ago.  It contains many documents so I am not going to post it all here again.  You can click the link and go read if you are wanting more information.  I'll post few excerpts here as a preview.

LasCal, Robert Smith, Jerry Turk, Paula Lorenzo, Arlen Opper, and George Maloof

After the plans were revealed to develop a huge Las Vegas style casino at San Pablo there was a State wide backlash.  This ultimately lead to the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians dropping the plans and instead they installed Class II Bingo Like slot machines.  You may recall that earlier I wrote about the development funded by Pala to create a Video Lottery Terminal Slot Machine.

Turns out that in the early days Pala was an investor in the San Pablo Casino:

"At that time, the tribe of about 50 members teamed up with LasCal Development Corp. a
California-based development company owned by Jerry Turk. The partnership also includes the Maloof family, owners of the Palms, and California-based tribes the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, and the Pala Band of Mission Indians. The Paiute Tribe also has retained Las Vegas-based Construction Consultants Inc." 

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From here we need to go back and revisit the lawsuit filed by RUMSEY INDIAN RANCHERIA OF WINTUN INDIANS vs Howard Dickstein.

Here are some excerpts:

H. LASCAL.
Contemporaneous with the restructuring of the Tribe's investment in the Lytton Band's casino project, the Tribe invested in LASCAL Land Development, LLC ("LASCAL") an entity seeking to develop land in Nevada, belonging to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.

The members of LASCAL nearly mirrored those in CIGD and CIGM, including the Tribe (through RMG), the Pala Management Group, the Maloof family, Opper Development, LLC and Turk Paiute, L.P., an entity controlled by Turk, the Pala Band's business manager.

Dickstein, Zerbi and Dickstein & Zerbi also represented the Pala Band in the LASCAL transaction. Dickstein, Zerbi and Dickstein & Zerbi did not disclose to the Tribe their conflict of interest in simultaneously representing multiple parties in the transaction or explain the potential and adverse significance of this conflicted representation. They also never sought or obtained the Tribe's consent and waiver of any conflict of interest in connection with representing both tribal clients in LASCAL.

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Is Pala receiving its share of the profits from the San Pablo Casino?

See this article:

San Pablo Casino Pits City v. City, Gambler v. Gambler By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Excerpt:

Some of the supporters of the San Pablo proposal belong to the Maloof family of Sacramento and Las Vegas, owners of the Sacramento Kings NBA team and of the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The Maloofs reportedly raised $2 million for Schwarzenegger’s successful gubernatorial run, and it was Schwarzenegger who signed a pact with the Lytton Tribe to build the San Pablo casino.

The Maloofs are partners with three other entities that have signed on to manage the reincarnated Casino San Pablo, two casino operating tribes—the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians which owns and operates the Cache Creek Casino in Yolo County and the Pala Band of Mission Indians—and former Las Vegas casino owner Jerry Turk, who manages the Pala’s casino in San Diego County.

In exchange for running Casino San Pablo, the four managing partners will receive a quarter of the net profit.  (emph added)

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Again, these are just excerpts from my previous post LasCal, Robert Smith, Jerry Turk, Paula Lorenzo, Arlen Opper, and George Maloof.  Go the post if you want more reading and to view the documents.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Pala Wake Board Park

Congratulations Pala, you're getting a Wake Board Park!

Or wait...maybe not?

Anyway, there's tons on the internet to read about it.

Wake Compound Pala CA Facebook Page

Wake Compound

Pala Casino Cable?

We have begun construction on the Pala Cable Park. It will be a 6 tower Rixen and (2) little bros. Its actually not at the casino but at the Pala action sports park where the Pala Raceway MX is. We will have an official press release next week and up dates on FB https://www.facebook.com/wakecompound?ref=hl

Wake compound at pala, ca

Has anyone been out to the Pala Raceway and seen the cable park being built?? It looks awesome! Can't wait for it to open! 

Breaking Ground - SoCal's Wake Compound
Take a sneak peek at Southern California’s first cable wake park, The Wake Compound currently in development located on the Pala Indian Reservation in San Diego County. The Wake Compound is schedule to open this summer sometime in July. Needless to say this place will be blowing up given it’s proximity to the surf, mountains and world famous skate parks.
Take a sneak peak at Southern California's first cable wake park, The Wake Compound currently in development located on the Pala Indian Reservation in San Diego County. The Wake Compound is schedule to open this summer sometime...



Howard Maxcy Calls for an Emergency Meeting - Misquotes Constitution

Howard Maxcy has called for an emergency meeting.  In the process he has misquoted the Constitution and instead offers his interpretation.





Every tribal member should have a copy of the Constitution.  Here is what sections referred to state:

Article III - General Council
Section 3. MEETINGS

A. Regular Meetings.  A regular meeting of the General Council shall be convened On.
the 2nd Wednesday of each month.


B. Special Meetings.  Special General Council meetings may be called by the Executive
Committee or by a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the eligible voters
stating the purpose of the special meeting and proposed agenda for the special
meeting.

C. Quorum.  Actions taken at a regular or special meeting of the General Council shall
not be valid unless a quorum consisting of at least 25 eligible voting members of
the Pala Band, five of which must be Executive Council Members, have signed in
at the meeting.’ If there is not a quorum present, the meeting may proceed for
informational purposes, but no votes shall be taken.

D.     Notice.  All regular and special General Council metings shall be publicly noticed
for no less than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the meeting by posting notices
at the Tribal Offices and/or at other appropriate places on the Reservation.  In the
case of an emergency, a meeting may be called on three (3) days advance notice and
which notice shall also be posted in advance at the Tribal Hall and/or other
appropriate places on the Reservation. Unless proper notice is given as required
herein, any actions taken ordecisions made during that meeting shall not be valid
and binding.

Article III
Section 2.

J.     The General Council will authorize the Executive Committee to remove members
or non-members from the Reservation by taking the appropriate legal or other
action of authorizing the Executive Committee to do so.
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Please refer to your Constitution.

I know some did not come to the Emergency Meeting last Saturday because they feared retaliation.  Others were misinformed and told the meeting was invalid and/or canceled.

Every tribal member needs to attend this meeting.  Please go to the meeting.  Stand up and let your voice be heard!