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EDITORIAL COMMENTARY
BY BILL EVANS
KESQ-TV Station General Manager
Thursday, July 30, 1998

The ads using scare tactics have already started to appear.  You've probably seen them.  I'm talking about the ones against Proposition 5.  The ads I'm talking about try to scare voters into thinking that the November ballot measure, Proposition 5, would allow Indian casinos anywhere in the state.

Is it any wonder that these ads were funded by Nevada casinos?

Prop 5 does not in any way change or expand the location of Indian casinos.  In fact Prop 5 strictly limits Indian gaming to federally recognized tribal lands.  It will allow California tribes to continue to have the types of gaming tribes have on reservations already.

More importantly for you and I, Prop 5 provides revenue sharing with:
 

And to top it off, the measure provides additional regulatory oversight by the state government in addition to the existing watchdog responsibilities by federal agencies.

The question you need to ask yourself is how are we, as a community, going to replace the dollars that all of our Indian tribes now contribute because of their financial abilities, because of their casino business, if we allow them to be shut down?

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