Props 94, 95, 96 and 97 are a bad deal for California and for the taxpayers of this state. These Props DO impact Santa Barbara County because the Santa Ynez Band has a casino in our backyard!! These compacts impact ANY hosting community because of the seriously flawed laws governing casino tribes. The Gov has made it very clear that by law he does not have to and will not tell host communities the status of negotiations with any tribe in this state. These are back room deals at the expense of host communities and taxpayers. The Governor has already attempted to keep these Props from a vote by filing an "amicus" brief in federal court in support of one of the compact holders, the Agua Caliente Band, claims that "the voters do not have jurisdiction over the agreement, because it was not legislation but a deal between two sovereign governments." This is not what voters were promised when authorizing changing the state constitution to allow Nevada-style gaming in 2000 - ie. Prop 5. The Independent tid bit amazingly forgot to mention something else the nonpartisan legislative analyst said "Even assuming that all the 2006 compacts are ratified and a few more similar compacts are ratified in the future, we expect that compact related sources will provide the general fund with less than 0.5 percent of its annual revenues for the foreseeable future." Hardly the windfall of money being promised. This is NOT the way to grow the state's economy. It doesn't create new economic activity. It only creates more corruption in the halls of Sacramento. Why else do you think the four tribes have ponied up $40 million to fight these Props? They are bad for California, bad for communities, bad for other impoverished tribes in the state, bad for casino workers and the list goes on. VOTE NO on Props 94, 95, 96 and 97.
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Props 94, 95, 96 and 97 are a bad deal for California and for the taxpayers of this state. These Props DO impact Santa Barbara County because the Santa Ynez Band has a casino in our backyard!! These compacts impact ANY hosting community because of the seriously flawed laws governing casino tribes. The Gov has made it very clear that by law he does not have to and will not tell host communities the status of negotiations with any tribe in this state. These are back room deals at the expense of host communities and taxpayers. The Governor has already attempted to keep these Props from a vote by filing an "amicus" brief in federal court in support of one of the compact holders, the Agua Caliente Band, claims that "the voters do not have jurisdiction over the agreement, because it was not legislation but a deal between two sovereign governments." This is not what voters were promised when authorizing changing the state constitution to allow Nevada-style gaming in 2000 - ie. Prop 5. The Independent tid bit amazingly forgot to mention something else the nonpartisan legislative analyst said "Even assuming that all the 2006 compacts are ratified and a few more similar compacts are ratified in the future, we expect that compact related sources will provide the general fund with less than 0.5 percent of its annual revenues for the foreseeable future." Hardly the windfall of money being promised. This is NOT the way to grow the state's economy. It doesn't create new economic activity. It only creates more corruption in the halls of Sacramento. Why else do you think the four tribes have ponied up $40 million to fight these Props? They are bad for California, bad for communities, bad for other impoverished tribes in the state, bad for casino workers and the list goes on. VOTE NO on Props 94, 95, 96 and 97.
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