Oregon’s Democratic governor, Tina Kotek, said Thursday she opposes the Coquille Indian Tribe casino planned for the city of Medford in the southwest of the state. She also believes tribal operators should be limited to just one casino each, even though that ship has already sailed.
In a letter to the Oregon Tribal Chairs, addressed to all eight federally recognized tribes, Kotek said she feared the proposal would “not only lead to the expansion of gaming in that area, but would create many more concerns about the expansion of gaming statewide.”
Kotek added that throughout her legislative career and campaign for office, she has always been clear that she is against all gaming expansion.
My policy on Tribal gaming facilities maintains the status quo from past governors, i.e., good faith bargaining between sovereign Tribes and the State on one gaming facility per tribe on reservation land,” she wrote.
The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians has two casinos located within two different counties, the Three Rivers Resort in Florence and the Three Rivers Casino in Coos Bay.
In a letter to the Oregon Tribal Chairs, addressed to all eight federally recognized tribes, Kotek said she feared the proposal would “not only lead to the expansion of gaming in that area, but would create many more concerns about the expansion of gaming statewide.”
Kotek added that throughout her legislative career and campaign for office, she has always been clear that she is against all gaming expansion.
My policy on Tribal gaming facilities maintains the status quo from past governors, i.e., good faith bargaining between sovereign Tribes and the State on one gaming facility per tribe on reservation land,” she wrote.
The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians has two casinos located within two different counties, the Three Rivers Resort in Florence and the Three Rivers Casino in Coos Bay.