[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Casino at Pt. Molate (CA)?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Richmond casino fight turns to Washington, D.C.

By John Simerman
Contra Costa Times (CA)
November 29, 2009

As city vote nears, critics seek leverage on Point Molate plan
Some of the loudest East Bay voices against a major Indian casino-resort 
on the Richmond waterfront are fast turning mute.

And while the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians and the developer credit 
the quality of the plan and their attention to local concerns — backed 
by big-money pledges — opponents find themselves grasping for fresh 
strategies and loyal political allies.

Contra Costa County, once the sharpest local thorn in the side of Indian 
casino plans, now supports the project for the former Point Molate Naval 
Fuel Depot. County supervisors agreed this month to a deal for $12 
million a year if the resort gets built. Environmental groups that sued 
over the project, meanwhile, are deep in talks with the developer on an 
eight-figure deal to bolster their shoreline dreams.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_13882779

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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