Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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January 5, 2006
Initiative filed for private casino
(AP) — Two men from a
wealthy Portland suburb have
made their push to build the
state’s first private casino offi
cial, filing an initiative petition
that seeks to change Oregon’s
constitution.
Investm ent adviser Bruce
Studer and attorney M att
Rossman, both o f Lake Oswego,
have until July to collect the
thousands o f signatures needed
to put their proposal for a $490
million gambling and entertain
ment complex at the currently
inoperative Multnomah Grey
hound Park in Wood Village
onto the fall 2006 ballot.
The twinned ballot measures
would amend the clause in
Oregon’s constitution that pro
hibits non-tribal casinos, and
would authorize
Studer,
Rossman and their investors to
open a single commercial, tax
able casino.
The proposal is virtually cer
tain to draw heavy opposition
from O regon’s Indian tribes,
which operate nine casinos on
reservations throughout the
state and contribute a percent
age o f profits to public funds.
The powerful Oregon Res
taurant Association, which is
concerned about drop-off in
business for the state-run lottery,
is also likely to weigh in against
the proposal. Lottery machines
are installed at restaurants, bars
and taverns throughout the
state, and owners get a cut o f
the profits, though the bulk goes
to state programs.
It’s also the latest bid to put
a casino in proximity to the lu
crative Portland market. Cur
rently, the closest casino to Port
land - and the state’s top tourist
attraction — is Spirit Mountain,
run by the Grand Ronde tribes
and an hour’s drive southwest
o f the metro area.
Closer in, the Confederated
Tribes o f Warm Springs has
won backing from Gov. Ted
Kulongoski in their quest to build
an off-reservation casino in the
Columbia Gorge, about 40 miles
east o f Portland. And just 20
minutes over the border in La
Center, Wash., the Cowlitz tribe
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Consumer law problems (re
possessions, foreclosures, prob
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living wills, guardianships and
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Family law issues (domestic
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Please come see us on the first
Monday o f every month, except
this month.
The Family Resource Center
is located at 1144 Warm Springs
Street.
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People on the Integrated
Resouces Managemet Plan
III (IRMP III) team will provide
an update on the plan during
two meetings scheduled for
January.
Planners will discuss the
Simnasho community during
a Jan. 18 meeting at the
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in town on Jan. 9
Legal Aid Services o f Oregon
will be in Warm Springs at the
Family Resource Center from 1
to 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9.
Usually the service is avail
able in Warm Springs the first
Monday o f every month, but
the schedule was changed in
January to accommodate the
holiday. Legal Aid Services o f
Oregon provides free legal ad
vice and representation to low-
income Oregonians. Legal Aid
Services can help with most
civil legal problems, including:
Housing and landlord-tenant
problems. Public benefits rights
(Social Security, S S I, food
stamps, unemployment, OHP,
is hoping to break ground on a
new casino by 2007, according
to a tribal spokesman.
Studer and Rossman say the
Washington casino, in particular,
has fueled their plans. I f that
casino — which still needs to se
cure both federal and state ap
proval — gets o ff the ground,
they speculate that it will cap
ture much o f the Portland mar
ket, funneling jobs and economic
revenue from Oregon to Wash
ington. Dave Barnett, spokes
man for the Cowlitz casino
project, dismissed the Wood Vil
lage proposal, saying that the
Washington tribe, “doesn’t have
an opinion on what happens in
Oregon. There are two guys that
are trying to make some money,
and this is the angle they have
chosen.”
To sweeten their deal, Studer
and Rossman have touted the
potential for the creation o f
2,000 jobs to staff the new com
plex, and said they’d dedicate 25
percent o f revenue from their
enterprise to public education.
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