"We aren't quite as stupid -- we Americans -- as the Seneca leadership thinks we are.
Leaders from the Sovereign Seneca Nation of Indians released the results of a poll last week they claim suggests area residents support Seneca's efforts to maintain exclusive rights to casino-style gaming in Western New York.
In reality, it was not a poll, but a push poll, filled with leading questions -- meant to lead people to respond to get the results Seneca wanted.
In announcing the findings of their crooked-up poll, tribal leaders apparently wanted to persuade state officials and the public to let Seneca keep their exclusive rights to gaming operations in the region in lieu of letting regular everyday Americans have the same opportunity."
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Frank Parlato Jr. : SENECA MASQUERADING PUSH POLL AS OBJECTIVE POLL ON GAMING MONOPOLY
(The Niagara Falls Reporter 12/12)
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