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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2001

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on Thursday offered a revised land-into-trust settlement affecting three Connecticut towns.

The tribe hopes the changes will assuage fears by local residents and leaders that the tribe will pay taxes and adhere to zoning laws on land it seeks to have placed into trust. The tribe is offering to conduct an economic impact study of tribal activities and to create a special committee to address future issues.

At least one town leader, Preston First Selectman Robert M. Congdon, said the revisions don't give any new assurances. He says residents want "finality" on the size of the tribe's reservation and the amount of trust land it seeks.

The tribe is propsing to limit land-into-trust applications to 880 acres over 35 years.

Get the Story:
Mashantuckets revise proposal for town talks (The New London Day 10/5)
Tribe and towns set to review 11 points (The Norwich Bulletin 10/5)

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