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Illinois tribal gaming deal expected17 October 2007ILLINOIS -- As reported by the Midweek News: "The Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe, which is planning a controversial gaming operation in Shabbona, may have an agreement hammered out with the DeKalb County Board by January. "County Board Administrator Ray Bockman told the board's Executive Committee last week that a few final points are being worked out and a draft should be ready for consideration by December. Attorneys for the board and the tribe have been negotiating for months. "The county's attorney, Dennis Whittlesey, has said the tribe is within its rights now to build a bingo facility without any approvals from state or local government. "County Board Chair Ruth Anne Tobias and board member Pat Vary stressed again last week, as they have in the past, that the board is developing the agreement in self-defense. If the Indians go ahead and build the gaming facility, without the county input, it could be shut out of the operation entirely, without a voice on issues such as policing, fire protection, roads, hours the casino will be operating, sales taxes and environmental issues..." |