Quote of the Day

“According to National Relief Charities, a nonprofit organization that assists Native Americans in the Plains and Southwest, ‘Over 500 treaties were made Glendale casino 2with American Indian tribes, primarily for land cessations, but 500 treaties were also broken, changed or nullified when it served the government’s interests.’

“In those cases we’re not talking about unwritten ‘promises’ here but stuff written in contracts. So, yeah, maybe the Tohono O’odham skunked us — as well as some of the other local tribes that have casinos and don’t want this new competition. But given the scorecard on broken promises I figure the U.S. government and all of its citizens maintain a comfortable lead.

“I’m going to let this one slide.” — Arizona Republic columnist E.J. Montini, opening a can of whup-ass on opponents of the Tohono O’odham’s Glendale casino.

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