Archive for August, 2008
The Bear Growls: Gaming Control Board wastes public resources over nine dollars
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008According to this news story, a dealer at the Cal-Neva, a nasty low-roller dump in downtown Reno, is accused of stealing nine dollars from the casino. I am certainly not condoning theft, but let’s keep it in perspective. If an average citizen accused another average citizen of stealing nine dollars, the police would probably [...]
The Bear Growls: Tribal sovereignty needs to end
Thursday, August 21st, 2008The various pacts setting up tribal sovereignty were made long before anyone entering into them considered that one day the Indians would be building large casinos and soliciting non-tribal members to come onto “their” land. The folly of “tribal sovereignty” was enacted long before it was considered that tribal members and their employees will [...]