RE: [ba-poker] Casino San Pablo on Steroids

["Dave Horwitz" <dhorwitz(deleted the rest)>]

owner-ba-poker(deleted the rest) wrote:
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/18/
> MNGK889ULP1.DTL&type=printable
> 
> Tribe reaches deal for giant San Pablo casino
> Schwarzenegger OKs Pomo Indian plan for nation's third-largest
>   gambling palace - John M. Hubbell, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
> Wednesday, August 18, 2004
> 
> The nation's third-largest gambling emporium  --  a six- to
> eight- story casino with up to 5,000 slot machines  --  would
> sprout in the heart of  San Pablo under terms of a deal
> between an Indian tribe and Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger.
> 
> The compact with the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians, expected
> to be  announced this week in Sacramento, would vault the
> once-landless tribe to the  top tier of the nation's gaming
> entrepreneurs and generate new revenue for  California's
> general fund  --  and it could transform the small, working-class 
> East Bay city. 
> 
> Meanwhile, the deal would guarantee that no new casino open
> shop within a  35-mile radius of San Pablo  --  a critical
> blow to any other tribe hoping to  stake a claim in the
> core Bay Area market. ...

I've been hearing some bizzare lobbying on the radio with
respect to this. The current blurb by the opposition sounds
like they are opposed because of the huge *traffic* problem
it is supposed to create... something like "traffic in the
Bay Area is bad enough. This will make the problem worse by
orders of magnitude."  Then a side implication that there will
be slot machines everywhere. Only subdued mentions of increased
crime and the usual opposition. What gives?

They also note that Arnold (along with the police, firefighters,
etc.) is opposed to it.

-Quick