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Pair won't release names of Portland casino
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Good For Oregon Committee to push measures
which would repeal
Oregon’s ban on non-tribal casinos and allow a casino at the site of
the former
Multnomah Greyhound Park.
Pair won’t release casino backers Proponents of Wood Village casino won’t reveal financial sources By Erin Shea The Gresham Outlook Dec 27, 2006 WOOD VILLAGE — The men behind a proposed Wood Village casino — Lake Oswego residents Matthew Rossman and Bruce Studer — still have not released the names of their financial backers. “It was our hope to be able to announce an ownership group by the end of the year,” but plans change, said Roger Gray, a political consultant for the duo. “… The guys are still working on that, and that they’re finalizing some conversations.” Rossman and Studer, who hoped to bring the issue before voters in the November 2006 election, originally intended to release the names of their supporters in late July, if the secretary of state’s office approved the proposed measures. However, they withdrew their measures after deciding they did not have enough time to collect the necessary signatures to get the initiatives on the ballot. In July, Rossman and Studer filed two sets of proposed initiatives for the November 2008 election. Since then, their proposed ballot titles have been certified. The next step for the members of the Good For Oregon Committee, which supports the casino, is to gather the 75,630 and 100,840 signatures, respectively, needed to get the statutory and constitutional measures on the ballot for 2008. They will begin that process after the ownership group has been announced, Gray said. The proposed measures, known as Parts 1 and 2 of the Oregon Revenue Enhancement and Protection Act of 2008, consist of two pairs of statutory and constitutional measures. The two statutory measures are identical, and if approved, will authorize the formation of a single commercial, taxable resort casino. Although they differ in the way the profits are divided, both versions of the proposed statutory measures would repeal Oregon’s ban on non-tribal casinos and allow project proponents to build a casino and entertainment center at the site of the former Multnomah Greyhound Park. If voters approve the measures, gaming operations could begin as soon as Aug. 1, 2009. http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=116719413298106800 |
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