Friday, June 09, 2006

As reported by the Oakland Tribune: "An East Bay city staunchly defended its
tribal card room in a letter sent Tuesday to a U.S. senator who's trying to
shut it down, predicting fiscal doom should that happen and offering the
tribe's written vow not to expand. "San Pablo City Manager Brock Arner's
letter was in response to a May 31 letter 13 state lawmakers sent to U.S.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., whose pending bill would revoke the Lytton
Band of Pomo Indians' right to conduct gaming at Casino San Pablo.

".The city objects to local lawmakers' claim that the tribe engaged in
'reservation shopping' by having Casino San Pablo placed in trust, Arner
wrote; a settlement with the federal government had barred the then-landless
Lyttons from gaming on ancestral territory in Sonoma County, forcing them to
look elsewhere.

".The Lytton Band and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in August 2004 agreed on a
2,500-slot-machine casino from which the state, county and city would share
25 percent of the revenue."