Tribal Gaming Money Dwarfs All Other Contributions on California Ballot Propositions |
| Published: January 6, 2008, 12:46 pm |
| Tags: propositions 94 97 tribal gaming |
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By Frank D. Russo On Friday, the Pechanga Band of Temecula, one of the big four tribes who stand to gain from passage of Propositions 94 to 97 and 17,000 new slot machines, contributed $30.8 million in support of these propositions. This brings the total to the yes on 94-97 campaign to $68 million dollars, dwarfing not only the amount raised by opponents who seek to overturn the legislature's approval of the slot machine compacts. But all contributions made on the other ballot measures being considered February 5, 2008 including term limits. The last regular reports of campaign contributions on the California Secretary of State's website are out of date. One has to look at the late and over $5,000 contributions to get an idea of where the money is coming from and going to at least so far on the often overlooked ballot propositions that voters will (hopefully) be grappling with in addition to choosing a Presidential candidate for the November election. Billions of [ Full article ] |
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