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Salamanca’s tax base is fading fast - 2004-02-15
For thirty years, Salamanca residents have paid more and more taxes as Seneca Nation immunity continues to take property off city tax rolls.

Since 1972, tax erosion has erased 472 parcels of land from the tax base, costing the city over $3.5 million. Members of the Seneca Nation of Indians are exempt from paying property taxes.

Mayor Jeffrey L. Pond said the city desperately needs money from the Seneca Niagara Casino to fill the gap.

“My point of view is if we don’t receive money from the casino revenue then I don’t see a solution,” Mayor Pond said.
Read the full story at Olean Times Herald

States look hungrily at Indian casino profits - 2004-02-15
As a growing number of state governments are faced with a still-sluggish economy, some are casting an envious eye on an industry that is more profitable than ever: Indian gambling.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has put out the first feelers on recasting the deal struck between Minnesota and its tribes in 1989. Other states are on the same path.

To help patch his state's leaky budget, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle last year gave the state's Indian tribes the right to some high-stakes games, such as roulette, baccarat and poker, in return for more than $200 million over two years and loosened rules that may permit the conversion of truck stops into "mini-casinos."
Read the full story at Knoxville News Sentinel