As reported by the Providence Business News: “The Town of Johnston and its
prospective casino partner, Ajax Gaming Ventures LLC, are the latest parties
to seek to block a November statewide referendum on the competing West
Warwick-Narragansett Indian Tribe casino proposal. “They filed a lawsuit
late Friday in U.S. District Court, Providence, asking the court ‘to
restrain the [R.I.] Secretary of State from placing on the statewide
ballot . the Resolution passed by the R.I. General Assembly for a Casino in
West Warwick to be owned and operated by the Narragansett Indian Tribe and
its ‘chosen partner.’ ‘ “.Their July 21 complaint alleges that the proposed
amendment conflicts with the U.S. Constitution, violating the Fourteenth
Amendment right to equal protection under the law and the First Amendment
right to participate in the political process.”