December 6, 2010 · Published By Editor
PHOENIX – Today Governor Jan Brewer filed a legal brief in support of the City of Glendale in its legal challenge to a land acquisition for a new Las Vegas-style casino resort that the
The case challenges the legality of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s effort to establish a satellite reservation far from its land base and in the middle of Arizona’s largest metropolitan area for the purpose of opening what proposes to be one of the largest casinos in the State. The lawsuits filed by the City of Glendale and the Gila River Indian Community seek to stop the United States Department of Interior from taking the land into trust for the Tohono O’odham Nation.
“This massive casino plan in this middle of an urban area is exactly what Arizona voters soundly rejected in 2002,” said Governor Brewer. “The proposed casino not only undermines the limited gaming model that the State and tribes agreed upon in entering the compacts, it also violates federal law.”
According to the Governor’s amicus (“friend of the court”) filing in the United States District Court, Governor Brewer believes that the proposed land trust acquisition violates the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Indian Commerce Clause, as well as commitments that the Tribe made to Arizona voters. According to Mark Brnovich, Director of Arizona Department of Gaming, “this proposal would create serious public safety concerns and would be a jurisdictional nightmare for police, fire and other first responders.”
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona is scheduled to hear oral arguments beginning on January 18, 2011.
Source: Office of Governor Jan Brewer
Local Tags: Arizona, Governor Jan Brewer, Phoenix
Filed Under Glendale Arizona, Local News, Peoria Arizona, Phoenix Arizona · By Editor
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