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Man who allegedly fired shots at group is arrested 10/2/2008, San Diego Union Tribune
Robert Martin Masiel, who lives on the Soboba Indian Reservation, was arrested Wednesday in the 43000 block of Benjamin Street by sheriff's deputies who served a search warrant and recovered numerous firearms, according to the sheriff's department. Masiel, a Pechanga tribal member who has a home on the Soboba Indian Reservation, was staying at the Valley Vista address, sheriff's Detective Steven Fredericks said.  
River Rock expansion on hold10/3/2008, The Press Democrat
Plans for a $300 million resort hotel and casino in Alexander Valley were in limbo Thursday after the Dry Creek Pomo tribe said it can't finance the project in today's tight credit market. The tribe's River Rock Entertainment Authority on Wednesday said it was postponing plans to raise $126 million "until market conditions improve." The financing package would have paid for the first stage of casino expansion. Harvey Hopkins, chairman of the 975-member Dry Creek Pomo tribe, declined to say when the project will get back on track. 

AB 2686 ON THE RANCH10/2/2008, Santa Ynez Valley Journal
I don't know which statement by which person that I feel most offended me; whether it was that I and other community people are "uneducated idiots" and "racists," or that we are "opposed to any recognition of the casino or the tribe itself." Uneducated Idiots An employee in Pedro Nava's office allegedly made the first remark, and the second was made by Bob Braitman, head of Santa Barbara County Local Area Formation Commission, in an article about AB 2686. 
 
Quechan Tribe invests to meet leisure demands10/1/2008, Yuma Sun
While the debate goes on over a proposed events center in Yuma, progress is being made on a major step forward for the area's entertainment scene. The Quechan Tribe announced last week that its new resort, casino and entertainment center northwest of Yuma is well past the halfway point in completion of construction with a target opening date of mid-2009. This is no small project. It is estimated it will cost the tribe upwards of $200 million to build the facility, which could be expanded even more in the future. 
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INDIAN COUNTRY'S WINNING HAND, October 16-17, 2008, Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino Scottsdale/Fountian Hills, Arizona. Register online: www.law.asu.edu/ilp
 
 Federal Legislation to Watch 

H. R. 2963 - Congressman Issa Transfers without regulatory environmental process 1,178 ac. in Riverside and San Diego Counties to the Pechanga Band.  AMENDED TO INCLUDE: 
No Gaming.
Maintained as open space and construction consistent with this purpose.
No existing right of ways or right of use prior to the date of enactment are affected. 
H.R. 3490 - Congressman Radanovich Declares that specificed federal lands are to be held in trust by the US for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuik Indians  for non gaming purposes.
H.R. 5608 Congressman Rahall - mandates that adminstration directly consults with tribes on policies that directly affect their lives.
H. R. 5680 Congressman Grijalva - A bill to extend leases for Morongo and transfer money to CRIT.
S. 2676 - Senator Vitter - Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008. To make technical corrections to IGRA. Consultation with local government.
S. 3320  - Tribal Law and Order Act - to be introduced in early 2009.
 
 
 
 

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