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Sincerely,

Ed Lynch, Chairman

Dear Representative Baird:

We were pleased to read your comments in Tuesday's Columbian acknowledging the problems faced by communities where tribes want to locate their casinos. You are quoted saying, "The deck is so stacked right now, in terms of process, against the local community."

Later in the story, you describe the federal process: "It's too complicated; it's not transparent ... I think it's biased in terms of the agencies making the decisions in a quasi-advocacy role."

We can attest to all of that and more -- including a lack of predictability and the failure to provide non-tribal citizens timely information about the so-called process.

 

>> Read CARS' full letter.

>> Read the Columbian article.