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...Although many tribal casinos have had a positive effect on nearby communities, a number of our readers found more to complain about than praise. "At the end of a two-lane county highway, we've got a casino that draws thousands of customers to our small farming valley," wrote a Californian. "As a result, the fatality rate for auto accidents is one of the state's highest." A Connecticut reader declared, "Life has changed for those living in the shadow of casinos--and not for the better. We have more traffic, more crime and higher drunk-driving rates." Said...
...last week, since independence in 1963. In the early years, under the father of independence President Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya thrived. But since Moi took power following Kenyatta's death in 1977, Kenya has succumbed to a pernicious combination of corruption and mismanagement. Moi held onto power by playing on tribal rivalries within the opposition and the population. Constitutionally obliged to step down, he promoted Kenyatta's son, Uhuru, as the next best man to rule Kenya. But this time the Professor of Politics, as Moi calls himself, faced a united opposition and an electorate set on punishing anyone associated with...
...bingo and won Supreme Court approval for Indian gaming everywhere. James E. Billie, the Seminoles' alligator-wrestling, folk-singing chief from 1979 to 2001, is the person most responsible for creating the tribe's gambling wealth and also personifies its flamboyant excesses. In a power struggle last year, the tribal council suspended Billie pending resolution of a sexual-harassment lawsuit (it was recently dropped) and an audit of questionable tribal financial dealings, which is still going on. At the time, he was the highest-paid elected official in Florida, with an annual salary of $330,000. He was responsible...
...ahead anyway, opening the Ohiya Casino and installing Las Vegas--style slot machines. Thelma Thomas, a Santee Sioux who managed the casino, recalls that the tribe thought it had "the inherent sovereign right and legal right" to offer Class III gaming because, she says, "Nebraska would not negotiate a tribal gaming compact after six years of negotiations...
...around the Class III controversy. The tribe complied--at a substantial economic cost. With the switch to the pseudo slots, Thomas says, revenue has fallen by two-thirds. The casino employs only 15 people, and the income barely covers operating costs. There is no longer any money for tribal programs...