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California Tribe, County Accept Casino Ruling

CALIFORNIA – As reported by the Tahoe Daily Tribune: "It appears that El Dorado County and the Shingle Springs band of Miwok Indians are temporarily satisfied with the outcome of a state lawsuit which was intended to stall or prevent eventual construction of a casino/hotel in Shingle Springs.

"After consideration, Judge Lloyd Connelly of Sacramento County Superior Court, ruled last week that all aspects of an environmental impact report conducted on a proposed interchange and subsequent casino/hotel project on Shingle Springs Rancheria land had been met except one.

"…The case is one of two currently filed by the Board of Supervisors. An ongoing federal case also challenges adequacy of EIR studies on the interchange and casino project. In addition, the federal lawsuit questioned the legitimacy of the tribe.

"Judge Garland Burrell had dismissed that portion of the case in Sacramento District Court in November, saying challenging tribal status had gone beyond a six-year statute of limitations since the tribe had been acknowledged in the Federal Register in 1979. "The people who filed this lawsuit are hoping to delay (the project) as long as possible so the

"…In a statement, Miwok tribal Chairman Nick Fonseca appeared confident the rancheria would eventually get its interchange and 250-room hotel and casino project, which would be located on 29 of the rancheria's 160 acres…"

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