from the Press Enterprise (3/9):
Casinos scored expansion win with help of neighbors
10:00 PM PDT on Sunday, March 9, 2008
By JIM MILLER
Sacramento Bureau
"The prospect of living in the shadow of some of the world's largest casinos did nothing to dampen neighbors' support for Inland tribal gambling-expansion deals on last month's ballot, final election results show.
The four agreements passed with about 56 percent of the statewide vote in the Feb. 5 election. Up to 63 percent of voters in San Bernardino and Riverside counties approved the measures.
Voters in some precincts closest to casinos offered even stronger endorsements. Any qualms about more traffic, higher crime or other problems linked to gambling seemed trumped by goodwill for the tribes and their casinos' roles as job and entertainment centers." ...
"In the Coachella Valley, people living within two miles of the Agua Caliente tribe's two casinos backed the four casino-expansion deals by an average of 67 percent, according to detailed election results released last week.
Last month's ballot also contained casino-expansion deals between the state and the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians near Temecula, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians near Banning, and the Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians in San Diego County.
Sixty-five percent of voters within two miles of the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa backed the agreements.
Fifty-eight percent of voters in precincts around the Pechanga Resort and Casino in southwest Riverside County supported the agreements. But a slim majority of voters in the neighborhoods northwest of the casino opposed the pacts, among only a relative handful of Inland precincts where the agreements failed." ...
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