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A Resort Casino in Cascade Locks? The controversy over a major Indian casino proposed to be built in Cascade Locks is currently raging in the media. Opponents, backed by big money from other tribes, as well as taverns and strip clubs with State-sponsored Lottery games, who don't want the competition, are running advertisements stating that a casino would "trash" the Columbia River Gorge and urging people to write letters opposing the casino. In reality, local officials from the City of Cascade Locks have been working with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs to bring the resort and casino to the Cascade Locks Industrial site (which bears no resemblance to the pristine scenes that the ads indicated will be ruined by a casino). Other tactics imply that a casino in the Gorge will cause Oregon to be overrun with Indian casinos, while the truth is that the casino in the Gorge will replace the casino at Kah-Ne-Tah, so the number of casinos will remain the same. Also, the circumstances involved in siting a casino in Cascade Locks on a historic traditional Warm Springs fishing area instead of eligible trust land east of Hood River, and the State's "one casino rule," make setting a precedent for other off-reservation metro area casinos unrealistic. The following links provide both historic and current information on
what is REALLY taking place in the process to allow the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs to build a destination resort/casino in the Cascade Locks
Industrial Park. Please don't be taken in by the big money advertisements
on TV with their misinformation and scare tactics. Please take the time
to educate yourself on what is really happening by clicking on each of
the following links: Photos of the two Gorge Casino sites available to the Warm Springs Tribes Link to Cascade Locks Resort and Casino EIS Project Web Site Frequently Asked Questions about the Casino Project Oregonian Editorial Criticizing the Casino Opponent's Dishonest Ad Campaign Oregonian Editorial - Big Gamble in the Gorge - 09/12/05 Letter from Elected Officials -- Rebuttal to Congressman Wu Letter from Gale Norton, Dept of Interior, Temporarily Declining Application Compilation of Results of 1998 Community Survey on Casino City of Cascade Locks Resolution Supporting Casino Hood River County Resolution Supporting Casino City of North Bonneville, WA, Resolution Supporting Casino Letter of Support from Hood River County Chamber of Commerce Letter of Support from City of Hood River, OR Letter of Support from the Mayor of the City of Troutdale, OR Letter of Support from Skamania County, WA, Economic Development Council Letter of Support from West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce Link to Governor's Compact with Warm Springs Link to Casino Website of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Link to Support Cascade Locks Casino Website
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