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Local pastors don't want a casino in Jackson County, they site the dangers of gambling. Environmentalist object to the proposed site which is partially wetlands and close to the Mississippi Sandhill Crane refuge. Coast Businesses For Fair Play object to an untaxed & unregulated casino near their taxed and regulated casinos in Harrison County. Now the Mowa Choctaws have stated their opposition to the casino.
The Mississippi Choctaws are not averse to using their money to undermine competition.
The fact that other Indian tribes oppose him should counter the argument that because they are Indians the Mississippi Choctaws should be allowed to do whatever they want.
Why do we have to wait until 2008 to tell the Mississippi Choctaws we don't want a casino in Jackson County. I for one am tired of being threatened with having a casino I don't want as a neighbor.
- Residents Of Jackson County Not Allowed To Voice Their Opinion On Choctaw Casino
In 1990, about 60 percent of the county voters rejected gambling. Now the Choctaws want to ram it down our throats. If they want a casino on the Gulf Coast, why don't they put it in Harrison or Hancock County where the residents voted FOR GAMBLING?...
- Choctaw Chief Beasly Denson Wants To Ram The Casino Down Jackson County Resident's Throat
Newly elected Choctaw Chief Beasley Denson has said he will not abide by the Jackson County referendum. He said it is an issue to be resolved between the Mississippi Band of Choctaws, the governor's office and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Under...
- Denson Hasn't Announced Whether He Is In Favor Of The Casino, But Said The Decision Should Be Made By Choctaws, Not By Jackson County Voters.
What a new chief will mean to Jackson County is uncertain. The Choctaws have announced plans to build a casino on tribal land near exit 57 of Interstate 10. Casino owners in Harrison and Hancock counties are strongly opposed to that proposal, saying the...
- Coast Residents Don't Want Casinos
The tribe has been battling Coast residents to get a $375 million casino resort approved in Jackson County on tribal land (it's not tribal land, it's land the tribe bought and it's in a County that voted no to casinos), a move local casinos...
- Vote No On Casino Issue
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians remains committed to developing a casino in Jackson County and welcomes a non-binding referendum on the proposal, the tribe said in a statement. I am a resident of Jackson County and I don't want the Choctaw's...
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Many People & Many Reasons For Not Wanting a Casino in Jackson County
Local pastors don't want a casino in Jackson County, they site the dangers of gambling. Environmentalist object to the proposed site which is partially wetlands and close to the Mississippi Sandhill Crane refuge. Coast Businesses For Fair Play object to an untaxed & unregulated casino near their taxed and regulated casinos in Harrison County. Now the Mowa Choctaws have stated their opposition to the casino.
The Mowa Choctaws, a tribe located 35 miles north of Mobile, Ala., also plans to protest the Mississippi Choctaws' casino, Sunray said. "Our community has been fighting the Choctaws for 16 years," he said. "(Tribal Chief Phillip Martin) spent $15 million against our petition for national recognition." The Mowa Choctaws are not interested in opening their own casino, he said. "We held a referendum on gaming four years ago, and the majority of our people were overwhelmingly against it,"Sunray said.
The Mississippi Choctaws are not averse to using their money to undermine competition.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians helped former congressman Bob Riley's campaign for governor of Alabama, The Decatur Daily reports. The records show the money was part of "Operation Orange," a campaign the Choctaws funded in order to preserve their gaming enterprise. Alabama -- home to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians -- was considered a threat. The tribe spent $4.5 million over two years to fund Operation Orange.
The fact that other Indian tribes oppose him should counter the argument that because they are Indians the Mississippi Choctaws should be allowed to do whatever they want.
Why do we have to wait until 2008 to tell the Mississippi Choctaws we don't want a casino in Jackson County. I for one am tired of being threatened with having a casino I don't want as a neighbor.
- Residents Of Jackson County Not Allowed To Voice Their Opinion On Choctaw Casino
In 1990, about 60 percent of the county voters rejected gambling. Now the Choctaws want to ram it down our throats. If they want a casino on the Gulf Coast, why don't they put it in Harrison or Hancock County where the residents voted FOR GAMBLING?...
- Choctaw Chief Beasly Denson Wants To Ram The Casino Down Jackson County Resident's Throat
Newly elected Choctaw Chief Beasley Denson has said he will not abide by the Jackson County referendum. He said it is an issue to be resolved between the Mississippi Band of Choctaws, the governor's office and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Under...
- Denson Hasn't Announced Whether He Is In Favor Of The Casino, But Said The Decision Should Be Made By Choctaws, Not By Jackson County Voters.
What a new chief will mean to Jackson County is uncertain. The Choctaws have announced plans to build a casino on tribal land near exit 57 of Interstate 10. Casino owners in Harrison and Hancock counties are strongly opposed to that proposal, saying the...
- Coast Residents Don't Want Casinos
The tribe has been battling Coast residents to get a $375 million casino resort approved in Jackson County on tribal land (it's not tribal land, it's land the tribe bought and it's in a County that voted no to casinos), a move local casinos...
- Vote No On Casino Issue
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians remains committed to developing a casino in Jackson County and welcomes a non-binding referendum on the proposal, the tribe said in a statement. I am a resident of Jackson County and I don't want the Choctaw's...