Every tribal member, please attend tonight's meeting and let your voice be heard. There are about 643 Adult Members. How many live on the reservation? 300? 400? Everyone that can make the meeting should be there.
If you did not attend the first Emergency Meeting either because notices were torn down or you were afraid to participate now is your chance.
The Executive Committee invested $100 million (thats $100,000,000) to form Pala Interactive, an online poker company without General Council approval. Is the General Council really ok with this? That's $155K per voting member.
If you're afraid of a casino shut down then you should be worried about the festering sewer pump issue which could cause a casino shut down any day now.
If you're worried about Tribal Sovereignty then you should be worried about the Executive Committee signing away Tribal Sovereignty to build a wake board track only to then terminate the contact thus exposing the tribe to a lawsuit.
What about Pala Raceway? Can anyone explain that?
These are just a few of the issues facing Pala. Those that attended last night's meeting and the previous meeting know there is much more.
Some commenters love to say it's about Greed. It may be about greed but ask yourself whose greed is it about? The General Council's or the Executive Committee? How many private jet flights do they need? How many box seats at sporting stadiums do they need? Why should the Executive Committee be given stock in an online gaming company which is not even legal in California yet?
Whose greed is it about?
Ask yourself who is the tribe? The General Council or the Executive Committee?
Some commenters like to say this information and the meetings is somehow threatening the casino. First off, is it all really only about the casino? Or is it about the welfare of the tribe? Second, what is the real threat to the casino? Executive Committee mismanagement or General Council members asking questions and wanting answers?
Ask questions, ask for information, listen, then make up your own mind. Please don't be intimidated by the Executive Committee. Why should the General Council continue to live in fear?
Friday, May 23, 2014
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.
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.
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.
Michael S. Digging on Southern California's Cable Park is underway. Pulling riders as early as July.
Breaking Ground - SoCal's Wake Compound alliancewake.com
Breaking Ground - SoCal's Wake Compound alliancewake.com
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...
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