Jamul Casino, one step closer...

Jamul Casino, one step closer.  Governor Moonbeam's office has now certified that the Jamul Indian Tribe has met the requirements of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact.  This is one more step along the road to the casino's approval.  Full story here (from East County Magazine, which has been doing a bang-up job on the casino story), the certifying letter here, and the Jamulians Against the Casino (JAC) marked-up letter here...

These casinos sometimes seem like an unstoppable force, and the reason is obvious: they feed a steady stream of campaign contributions to our elected officials.  Only when a significant (to the elected officials) number of voters objects, or there is a legal victory, can opponents prevail.  So far, the Jamul Indians have failed in every attempt they've made – the only such example of Indian tribe failure that I'm aware of.  Yet they keep trying, over and over again – I suspect because they know the odds are with them...