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BUT FIRST TONIGHT...
CITY OFFICIALS IN
TAUNTON ARE
RESPONDING TO A MAJOR
SETBACK FOR CASINO
PLANS THERE.
AS WE FIRST REPORTED
YESTERDAY, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS
REJECTED A COMPACT
BETWEEN THE MASHPEE
WAMPANOAG TRIBE AND
THE GOVERNOR OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
IT'S OUR TOP LOCAL
STORY TONIGHT.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER MARILYN
SCHAIRER CAUGHT IS LIVE
FROM THE
SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS MOBILE
NEWSROOM WITH MORE.
THE DECISION DIDN'T
COME AS A SURPRISE.
tHE MAYOR OF TAUNTON
TELLS US, THE RULING IS
A SLIGHT "BUMP IN THE
ROAD." AS HE CALLS IT,
BUT BY NO MEANS A
DEAL-BREAKER.
WHEN WORD CAME DOWN
THAT THE BUREAU OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS REJECTED THE
TAUNTON CASINO COMPACT OR
DEAL BETWEEN THE STATE AND
THE MASHPEE WAMP-AH-NOG
TRIBE, THE CITY'S MAYOR
WASN'T TOTALLY SUPRISED.
SOT:49:23-29 THOMAS
HOYE/TAUNTON MAYOR
( THE BIA IS THERE TO
PROTECT THE TRIBES THEY
FELT IT WAS TOO LUCRATIVE
FOR THE COMMONWEALTH)
THE B-I-A STRUCK THE DOWN
THE DEAL FRIDAY, RULING TO
HAVE THE TRIBE TURN OVER 22
PERCENT OF ALL GAMING
REVENUE IN EXCHANGE FOR
THE RIGHTS TO A CASINO IS FAR
TOO HIGH.
SOT: 10:48:24-49:01 ( it's 21
and a
half percent and when you look
at
other compacts with other states
that's a bit higher. What do
other
states get? typically 10 to 15%)
IN A STATEMENT TRIBAL
LEADERS SAY (READ
STATEMENT) USE PRE-PRO
MAYOR THOMAS .....HOYE TELLS
EYEWITNESS NEWS BOTH HE
AND GOVERNOR DEVAL
PATRICK KNEW THERE COULD
BE ISSUES.
BUT THAT THE DEAL AND THE
CASINO PROJECT WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
SOT:49:57-50:08 ( the city of
taunton still has govenmental
agreement with the tribe and the
tribe has already made a $1.5
million
dollar payment to the city of
taunton."
GOVEROR PATRICK SAYS
THE REVENUE SHARE
REFLECT THE MARKET
REALITY.
(NN)
NEW TONIGHT-
FOSTER POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A SERIOUS