Well, SOMEBODY seems just a might upset at my Barnett post.

A fine, upstanding and obviously ignorant individual stopped by and left this little tidbit:

Wow, lets talk about Karma shall we? Anyone who wishes the death of another will have his or her Karma day(s) soon. It is funny how racial people can be about successful Native Americans. I am wondering if YOU are tied to one of the small town "thugs" gaining a "big check" from one of the 3 casinos already in La Center! Talk about "craming"[sic] a casino down ones throat, that area is already choking (as long as it is owned by white people it's okay, right?!) That brings up the "massive criminal impact" theory. Tribal casinos are way more regulated than your small town trash casinos which have attributed to more shadey[sic] action than any I have ever seen at Spirit Mountain, Chinook Winds etc. There will be a casino there, with any luck at all.... Publish Reject (Anonymous) 4:40 PM

Gee... imagine such anger... directed at little ol' me!

Wow, lets talk about Karma shall we? Anyone who wishes the death of another will have his or her Karma day(s) soon.

Well, I'm not exactly sure that I wish the death of Mr. Barnett. In the best of all worlds, Barnett would pick up his football and LEAVE, so the presence of his economic black hole would not infect our local community, acting as a vacuum cleaner to line his pockets and that of the Mohegan Tribe on the other side of the country, and now the Paskenta Tribe down in California.

But I'm wagering (heh.... "wagering") that the person who dropped this particular bag of feces off at my door step was/is unaware of Mr. Barnett's history... a history of crime, of corruption, intimidation and documented efforts to interfere with out elections so he could, literally, buy a government friendly to his reservation shopping scheme.

I would ask this mystery poster (and it's not TOO much of a mystery who he is... I've got the IP address) this: when we're confronted with such an individual leading such an underhanded and low life effort against our community.... precisely how much sympathy and concern is one supposed to have when that person, who would do severe injury to this community, is, in turn, injured himself?

Oh, on the surface, I can see where the "nice" thing to do would be to put all that aside, join hands around the campfire and sing "Kumbaya" as we shed a tear over Mr. Barnett's predicament.

I understand that he does have family in the sense that he's the modern, post-divorce Dad. And, I suppose, there is an argument that no children should be deprived of their parent.

But here is a man who has spent tens of thousands, if not millions of dollars to do grievous harm to MY COMMUNITY. Why should I have, or express, sympathy and caring for him, given his lack of sympathy and caring for us?

It is funny how racial people can be about successful Native Americans.

"Funny?" You have a bizarre sense of humor.

The particular "Native American" you refer to has precisely ZERO problem using HIS race to ram HIS project down OUR throats.

Let my tell you a little secret: If this "project" had to meet all the same requirements that those of us not possessed of Native American blood had to meet, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

The people of this state have done away with both race-based advantages and disadvantages via I-200. ALL businesses should have to meet the SAME requirements, REGARDLESS of the race of the owners.

I am wondering if YOU are tied to one of the small town "thugs" gaining a "big check" from one of the 3 casinos already in La Center!

Absolutely. Why, they pay me MILLIONS just to hammer this project on my blog. In fact, every non-tribal casino in the Western United States pays little ol' me and I spend this time and energy beating back this effort not because, unlike you, I actually LIVE here.... but because of the millions I make every year on just this issue alone!

Talk about "craming"[sic] a casino down ones throat, that area is already choking (as long as it is owned by white people it's okay, right?!)

Wow. You sure got me on THAT one. It's ALL about race. NONE of it is about the damage this monstrosity will do to my community; the extra taxes *I* will have to pay, the fact that while the Mohegans pay Connecticut $400 million per year for their operation. and these 3 CARD ROOMS (You DO know the difference and the limitations between massive tribal "megacasinos" and card rooms, right?) pay millions to LaCenter, Barnett won't have to pay the state a dime; or unemployment; or worker's comp, or minimum wage, or for the massive traffic improvements required by as many as 19,000 additional daily trips in an already saturated I-5 corridor, not to mention the social costs that WE will have to pay... no... NONE of that has ANYTHING to do with ANY of this.

And, of course, this little fact: If the city of LaCenter wanted to get rid of the card rooms, they could easily do that. They could just pass a law, and POOF! They're GONE!

Tell me: could they do that with this massive casino operation, a casino that will be one of the largest on the face of the planet? What's that? Did you say "NO?"

Obviously, that'll make ALL the difference to YOU, won't it?

Oh. That's right. You only live about 200 miles north of here... so I guess my answer to that question is, well, "no."

That brings up the "massive criminal impact" theory. Tribal casinos are way more regulated than your small town trash casinos which have attributed to more shadey[sic] action than any I have ever seen at Spirit Mountain, Chinook Winds etc.

Is that what it brings up? It didn't take you long to shift from Karma to crime, did it?

This isn't ABOUT "regulation." This is about the damage this massive cancer on our community will cause.

Whatever you've seen anywhere else is irrelevant. What I'VE seen HERE are threats and intimidation and underhanded dealings, and I've SEEN them from your sainted Mr. Barnett, much like, come to think of it, Dave Somers saw them up in Snohomish.

That may be the kind of relationship that YOU crave.... but me?

Not so much.

There will be a casino there, with any luck at all....

You don't mind awfully if I take a stand, outing those corrupt politicians like Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart who gratefully used the $100,000 provided by Saint Dave Barnett to corrupt our local government while doing everything I can to keep this crap pile from dumping here, do you?

THERE"S a good chap.
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