Like egoists throughout eternity, Ned Norris Jr., chairman of southern Arizona's Tohono O’odham Nation, wants things both ways. In fact, if there were three ways to have it, Norris would want it three ways. Or four.
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Opponents of a proposed Las Vegas-style casino near Phoenix said Monday that a federal judge overlooked important evidence when ruling that the Tohono O'odham Nation's construction plan doesn't violate state gambling laws.
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New federal legislation introduced by Arizona congressional Reps. Trent Franks, Ed Pastor and Ann Kirkpatrick that would keep compacts intact deserves a fair look.
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Since Diane Enos joined the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Tribal Council in 1990, the tribe has nearly doubled in size, to 10,000 members, and enjoyed significant economic growth that looks set to continue, with plans in the works for new attractions. But it hasn't been without issues.
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Congressman Ed Pastor has joined Congressman Trent Franks's efforts to block the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a casino in the West Valley.
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Indian gambling in California has exploded well beyond the "modest increase" voters were promised when they approved casino gambling just 13 years ago. While most casinos are still in remote locations, a new push by tribes to purchase additional land at lucrative freeway locations threatens to kick off a whole new Indian casino land rush.
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The Tohono O'odham Nation's planned West Valley casino was targeted in the courts and on Capitol Hill last week. The lawsuits aimed at the tribe have been ongoing, and once again legislation from Arizona congressional leaders brought the casino under fire.
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The U.S. Senate's "Gang of Eight" has finished work on its immigration reform plan, which now faces an uncertain future in Congress.
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As game efforts go, federal legislation proposed by Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., to forestall construction of a new tribal casino near Glendale is a worthy effort.
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While the Gila River and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian communities are presenting their oral arguments in federal district court this week for summary judgment against the Tohono O'odham Nation, farther east in Washington, D,C., Congressman Trent Franks was planning to further prohibit the Tohono O'odham from building a casino at 95th and Northern avenues.
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