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California casino plans questioned

SACRAMENTO, California – As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: "Last August, after months of negotiations, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a lucrative new gambling agreement for the Sycuan band on the night before lawmakers – who must ratify the deal – were set to adjourn for the year.

"But in announcing the compact that offers the El Cajon tribe up to 5,000 slot machines, the governor left something out.

"The agreement authorized a second casino on recently acquired land that is not part of the tribe's reservation and not yet eligible for gaming. That, some now say, amounts to an off-reservation casino like those that have stirred controversy elsewhere.

"Sycuan has carefully positioned the potential casino site so that it could be annexed to the reservation and become eligible for gaming, but that may not satisfy federal officials who must approve the compact.

"…Nonetheless, Schwarzenegger called the Sycuan compact 'a good deal for the tribe, the local community and the state.'…'

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