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Full text of city council resolution opposing Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97

RESOLUTION NO. 2008-005 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HESPERIA, CALIFORNIA OPPOSING PROPOSITIONS 94, 95, 96 AND 97 -- UNFAIR TRIBAL GAMING COMPACTS. WHEREAS, new gaming compacts ratified by the Legislature in June, 2007 would benefit...

Councilman Ed Pack

Council comes out against casino propositions

The city council is urging voters to oppose four ballot propositions that would increase the number of slot machines in four tribal casinos. The Hesperia City Council approved a resolution at Wednesday night's council meeting that labels Propositions...

Council to vote on casino resolution in January

Although the debate over the proposed Timbisha-Shoshone casino project is technically in the past -- the Hesperia City Council voted to approve an agreement between the tribe and the city in 2003, and almost 60 percent of voters agreed in 2004 -- echoes...

Appellate Court Justice Cynthia Aaron

Hesperia casino remains in limbo despite appellate court decision

The proposed High Desert casino projects both received a new lease on life last week, although it remains unclear whether either will ever break ground. In Barstow, the deadline for the federal government to take land into trust for Big Lagoon Rancheria's...

Battling casino developers suit ends

(Originally published January 22, 2007.) The fact that there's no casino on Main Street just west of the Interstate 15 interchange in Hesperia isn't the fault of a Houston-based casino development firm, according to a Bakersfield judge. Superior...

Is the casino project over?

(Originally published August 29, 2006.) The troubled Hesperia casino project is history, according to one of the Victor Valley's most-influential real estate analysts. Speaking as the guest of honor at the Hesperia Chamber of Commerce's...

Study: Casinos increase crime

(Originally published June 6, 2006.) Casinos raise the level of serious crime in a community over time, despite casino revenues spent on additional police, according to a new study. In the lead-up to the March 2004 Proposition X vote in Hesperia...

Study: Casinos raise community incomes, employment levels

(Originally published January 17, 2006.) Tribal casinos raise the income of low-income families in the area and create measurably faster job growth than in non-casino communities, according to a new study released last week. The study, "An Impact...

Casino developer expense report leaked online

(Originally published December 6, 2005.) Mayor Jim Lindley is one of several Hesperians listed as receiving funds from the Rinaldo Corporation, the Chicago-based company attempting to develop a casino in Hesperia. Lindley’s name appears in a...

Casino developer holding cards of hope

(Originally published August 9, 2005.) The Hesperia casino proposal is simultaneously working its way through two parallel government bureaucracies: The state bureaucracy in Sacramento and the federal bureaucracy in Washington. The progress...

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