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Schwarzenegger raises no cash in anti
gaming effort
August 3 According to a
fund-raising report released yesterday, Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger has yet to receive any contributions to his
campaign to defeat 2 gambling initiatives on California's
November ballot. The
report to the Secretary of State for the reporting period
from January to June reflected that the committee to defeat
Proposition 68 and Proposition 70 had spent just under
$130,000 and had no additional cash left on hand. The
committee has made only $150,000, which was totally
transferred from the governor's California Recovery Team,
which is a committee set to support the initiatives that the
governor supports. The
governor's chief political fundraiser says that
Schwarzenegger is busty working on the state budget and has
not had the opportunity to spend time to raise money in an
effort to defeat the propositions.
On the other side, supporters of
the initiatives have raised millions of dollars to support
approval of the two propositions. These monies include a $10
million donation from the Sam Manuel Band of Mission Indians
given last month.
Proposition 68 if approved, will permit card clubs and
racetracks to have slot machines. Proposition 70 if
approved, will permit tribes unlimited gambling rights.
Schwarzenegger assembled his
committee just before announcing new compacts with 5 tribes
in June. These compacts will go to court if any of the 2
propositions pass in November.
Approved by the Legislature, the
compacts were built to give the state $150-200 million each
year in return for allowing the five tribes to use
additional slot machines (above the current 2,000 limit).
These tribes are additionally making a one-time payment of
$1 billion to the state this year. These assets are coming
from bonds sold by the tribes.
The five tribes are the Rumsey
Band of Wintun Indians, the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians,
the Pauma Band of Mission Indians, the United Auburn Indian
Community, and the Pala Band of Mission Indians. |
