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Windor speaks out against Choctaw casino
Windsor is one of seven candidates for Mississippi secretary of state. Other Democratic candidates are Jabari Toins and Robert Smith. Republican candidates are Delbert Hosemann, Gene Sills, Jeffrey Rupp and Mike Lott.
The office of secretary of state is in charge of business filings, securities regulation, stewardship of public lands, campaign finance disclosures and lobbying regulation.
"As a candidate for secretary of state, I am particularly concerned about the negative economic impact on Tidelands funds, harm to the local environment, and the message of unfairness that it sends to businesses who choose to play by the rules," said Windsor."The mere specter of this untaxed, inland casino so nearby has already caused a number of major projects on the Gulf Coast to be put on hold," said Windsor.November 8th, Jackson County will have a chance to vote NO to an untaxed, unregulated casino in our community. Read the rest of the article in The Mississippi Press.
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Denson: Casino Up To Choctaws
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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...
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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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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...
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Many People & Many Reasons For Not Wanting A Casino In Jackson County
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