Calif. tribe proposes deal with state - 2004-01-23
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has handed a thorny olive branch to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, proposing a new ballot initiative that demands tribes to pay as much as corporations to the state general fund.
As a substitution, tribes would be permitted to run as many casinos as they would like on their reservations and to feature roulette and craps, which they cannot do under existing state law. The tribe is one of the wealthiest in the state, with two casinos in Riverside County.
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