Is this the kind of nonsense we have to look forward to here in Clark County?

Down here, we have the Cowlitz/Mohegan Tribal partnership doing their very best to ram an economic leviathen/economic black hole down our collective throats with the construction of the largest casion west of the Mississippi River.

Is it reaonable to expect this kind of nonsense if this thing gets built?

From SoundPolitics.com

Pork Barrel Business Park

The Tulalip tribe's Quil Ceda Village Business Park, a combination casino/shopping mall, may be getting a $2 million annual cut of state sales tax revenue, diverted from Snohomish County, courtesy of the Democrat-controlled state legislature.

Quil Ceda Village asserts its claim on the municipal portion of the sales tax from its legal status as a "municipal body". But unlike a bona fide municipality, it has no residents and therefore no voters. Its "Village Council" is appointed by the Tulalip Tribe. The "Village Manager" is John McCoy, who also happens to be ... Rep. John McCoy (D-Marysville) and who, go figure, doesn't seem terribly interested in being held accountable for how he spends his gift of public funds:

McCoy, whose legislative district contains the Tulalip Reservation, said Quil Ceda Village meetings are open to the public, though he wasn't sure whether the tribes released budget documents and other records. He said the public would be able to tell its dollars were being spent well because of the services the tribes would provide.

The enabling legislation, HB 1721, easily passed in the House and is on the way to the Senate floor. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at 06:22 PM Comments (12) Email This

For whatever the reason, every Southwest Washington Representative except Rep. Curtis voted "yes" on this.

Sigh.