Leaders of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine say their people deserve a shot at gaming.
Tribal leaders have gone to the ballot or the Legislature four times in recent years. Their plans have always been rejected even as voters approved non-Indian gaming facilities.
"Now it is our turn,” Joe Socobasin, the chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, said at a press conference, The Bangor Daily News reported.
Question 2 appears on the November 8 ballot. If approved, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant
Point and the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian
Township will operate 600 slot machines at a racetrack in Washington County.
The Putting Maine To
Work initiative also includes a racino in city of Biddeford with 1,400 slot
machines.
Get the Story:
Passamaquoddy Tribe says businesses back racino
(The Bangor Daily News 11/1)
An Opinion:
Editorial: Troubled by Question 2
(The Brunswick Times Record 11/1)
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Opinion: Vote yes on gaming for
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on racino for the Passamaquoddy Tribe (10/24)
Passamaquoddy Tribe not alone in plan for
more gaming (10/21)
Passamaquoddy Tribe makes case to state
voters for gaming (10/14)
Leaders of Passamaquoddy Tribe pushing for
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Passamaquoddy Tribe asks state voters again
to approve casino (9/20)
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Passamaquoddy Chief: 'It is our turn' for gaming in Maine
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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