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Background
  

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

Casino Background - 1995 to Present

1996 - "Tribal officials deny they are currently looking at options to place a proposed Indian gaming center just outside Florence city limits."
1997 - "At this time, the site is being acquired for historic and cultural purposes and we envision that the land will become an important destination for tribal members wishing to remember history and Indian existence."
2003 - "The tribes have always intended to pursue gaming on this tract of land that borders the town of Florence, Oregon."

Casino Documents

Casino Questions & Answers
The casino developers have given out information in bits and pieces about the casino complex they want to build, and have presented an ever-changing comprehensive "plan" to government agencies, depending on the purpose. Here's what we've been able to glean from news reports, public meetings, and public information.

Plans For Casino in Florence
Documents provided to government officials in 2004 indicated the casino would be "visible from Highway 101." The plans submitted to government officials changed often, and it wasn't until the casino developers breached the dune next to the city's primary access road (Hwy. 126) that we became aware the Oregon Department of Transportation was going to allow the casino entrance to be put in this heavy traffic location. Other documents produced by the casino tribe indicate the "permanent" casino will be located on top of the dune overlooking the Siuslaw estuary.

Why All Oregonians Should Heed Florence Battle
Did you know that Oregon's constitution prohibits casinos? The people of Oregon voted in 1984 to amend the constitution to ban them. How, then, have nine different Oregon casinos been given the green light by our state government? As we predicted in 2004, the State is now proposing to allow another off-reservation casino - this time near a prime scenic area, the Cascade Locks.

Florence Left Out of Reparations Debate
The shameful history of America’s westward expansion echoes in these suggestions as would similar histories of conquests of every people whose lands had been invaded through the sad course of mankind’s recorded sins. But, does acknowledging past injustices by the grandfathers mean that their sins must be visited upon the grandchildren?

Document re: Gaming on Hatch Tract
"The Hatch Tract is not exempt from the general prohibition on gaming on lands acquired by the Secretary in trust after October 17, 1988 ..." U.S. Department of Interior 10/19/1999

 

 

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