[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, TRIBES: Spokane Tribe Casino and Fairchild Air Force Base (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Spokane Tribe responds to STEP criticism
Members claim politics and not business is what’s driving project’s  
opposition

By JAMES EIK
Cheney Free Press (WA)
November 29, 2011

Last Wednesday, members involved in the Spokane Tribe Economic  
Project (STEP) addressed criticism of the proposed project, saying  
much of the opposition is based in politics, not business.

Representatives highlighted the number of jobs that would be created  
by the STEP project, and their emphasis on making sure the project is  
completed with local materials and workers to help reduce  
unemployment numbers on the West Plains.

Mike Spencer, Spokane Tribal Business Council vice president, said  
the Spokane Tribe is currently experiencing 52 percent unemployment.  
Airway Heights also has 34.5 percent unemployment.

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For the entire article, see
http://cheneyfreepress.com/spokane-tribe-responds-to-step-criticism- 
p9700-1.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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