Governor dodges decision on casino - 2004-01-07
In a closely observed decision with serious economic implications for North Louisiana, Gov. Mike Foster said Tuesday he will leave office without
permitting the Jena Choctaw band of Indians to open a casino in Logansport.
In his final days in office, Foster and his lawyers have been intensively negotiating with the Jena Choctaws to work out an agreement. The proposal under discussion has ignited controversy because it involved a novel move to casino-friendly territory by the tribe, far from its ancestral homeland.
In addition, the governor and others feared that an Indian casino, which is not required to pay taxes, would have hurt gambling in the Shreveport-Bossier City area, depriving the state of millions in tax revenue.
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