Rhode Island Casino Talk Turns Nasty

The chief of the Narragansett Indian Tribe and the governor of Rhode Island are throwing rhetorical bombs at each other once again. Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas called it "the height of hypocrisy" for Gov. Donald Carcieri to devise legal strategies to block a West Warwick casino after Carcieri engineered the deal to bring in BLB to expand Lincoln Park?s slot machine operation.

In a two-page press release issued Monday, Thomas said, "it?s time for the Governor to act as a statesman, to accept and support the democratic process, and to end his political games to deny Rhode Islanders the right to vote on a Narragansett Indian Casino. "For seven years, the Narragansett tribe has been working to put the issue before the voters," Thomas said.

"We?ve played by the rules. "And every time the General Assembly put the question on the ballot, the governor has responded with legal maneuvers to block the will of the people and to deny Rhode Islanders their right to vote."

June 7, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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