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Article: EDITORIAL: Connecticut Politicians Intensify Stance against Indian Enterprise.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- February 12, 2003
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Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 12--Following a number of would-be exposes published in The Wall Street Journal and the constant direct attacks put forth by radio and TV personalities such as Rush Limbaugh and Tucker Carlson, some Connecticut politicians are raising their anti-Indian ante. The blue-bloods in that state are unrelenting in wanting to shut down Indian gaming, which is nevertheless wildly popular and lucrative, both for the tribes and for the state.
There is a spate of Connecticut politicians apparently intent on generating a new termination movement against Native nations. They are as ...