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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? Why are they trying to force it on Jackson County where the residents REJECTED GAMBLING.
Public input will not be allowed as the supervisors meet with Choctaw Chief Denson Beasley. This meeting is expected to be for Beasley to lead a presentation on what the tribe expects to do with its property in Jackson County.
Why aren't the residents who will be 'hurt' by the Choctaws proposal allowed to voice their input? We should have a say!
A casino on Highway 57 will
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- Denson: Casino Up To Choctaws
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- Coast Residents Don't Want Casinos
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- 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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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? Why are they trying to force it on Jackson County where the residents REJECTED GAMBLING.
Public input will not be allowed as the supervisors meet with Choctaw Chief Denson Beasley. This meeting is expected to be for Beasley to lead a presentation on what the tribe expects to do with its property in Jackson County.
Why aren't the residents who will be 'hurt' by the Choctaws proposal allowed to voice their input? We should have a say!
A casino on Highway 57 will
- Increase traffic
- Increase drunk driving in the area
- Have a negative impact on wetlands
- Have a negative impact on the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
- Have a negative impact on local restaurants which will still have to pay taxes while the Choctaws restaurant will be untaxed.
- Increase flooding in the area
- The Choctaws will not have to pay taxes, and they will not have to obey our laws.
Vote NO to the casino in November, the residents of Jackson County do not want casinos, especially an inland casino on Highway 57.
- 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: Casino Up To Choctaws
Jackson County Supervisor Frank Leach sent a letter to Denson this week asking for a public meeting to discuss his plans. "My hope is that the voice of Jackson County will be heard and be respected," said Leach. The county had an agreement with Martin...
- 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...
- Fordice Signed Away Mississippi's Rights
When Kirk Fordice in 1992 secretly signed a compact permitting the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to operate casino gaming on tribal lands near Philadelphia, no one dreamed it could lead to a multibillion-dollar casino complex in the red clay hills...