 Newsletter Signup
Stay informed with the
NEW Casino City Times newsletter! |
Gaming News
Controversial Oregon Indian Casino Planned15 August 2001HOOD RIVER, Oregon – August 15, 2001 – As reported by the Associated Press: ``The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs plans to bring gambling to the Columbia River Gorge, no matter what anybody else thinks. ```Everybody thinks we're bluffing, but we're going to build a casino on our Hood River trust property,' said Rudy Clements, chairman of the board of directors for the tribes' existing Indian Head Casino on its Central Oregon reservation. ``Last month the tribes applied to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to take 175 acres they recently purchased into federal trust so they can use it for support services for a casino, such as parking. That would make the land exempt from state taxes and land-use laws as well as from the restrictive federal Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act. ``…`It's the equivalent of putting a casino right in the middle of Yosemite or Yellowstone,' said Toni Vakos of No Casino, a citizens' group…" |