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Chief accuses casino foes of lying

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – As reported by the Providence Journal: "The chief sachem of the Narragansetts yesterday accused an anti-casino group of misleading and lying to voters about how often the state Constitution has been amended.

"Matthew Thomas said the group, Save Our State, has repeatedly claimed that constitutional amendments are rare and unprecedented 'when the truth is that Rhode Islanders have voted to amend the state Constitution on 60 separate occasions.'

"Thomas made his point at an afternoon news conference at the Licht Judicial Complex — with visual aid assistance coming from former West Warwick mayor and casino lobbyist Michael Levesque.

"Levesque, dressed in a powdered wig and Colonial-era costume, played the role of Rhode Island's founding father Roger Williams. He climbed a step ladder and unfurled a magnified copy of the Constitution with all its amendments.

" … 'Of all the hypocritical arguments that SOS has uttered in opposition to the casino,' Thomas said, its most untruthful claim is that allowing Rhode Islanders to vote on amending the state Constitution is a rare and unprecedented act. Nothing could be further from the truth.' …The casino is being proposed by Harrah's Entertainment and the Narragansetts…"

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