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Our Goal: To improve the livability of Florence through public education and community involvement.
 
The proposal for development of a gambling casino
at the outskirts of Florence
has raised considerable discussion in our community.
The issues are complicated, and numerous.
Here, we hope to provide our supporters
with information that may not otherwise be easily available.
2003
08/01/03 - Lane County Leaders Divided Over Casino Plan
07/20/03 - Florence Opposes Casino
07/08/03 - Ruling Only Widens Debate Over Casino in Florence
06/23/03 - Casino Plan Spurs Cries of Betrayal in California
06/03/03 - Off-Reservation Casino Presents Tribe With Hurdles
05/21/03 - Sonoma County Joins Push for Broader Power Over Indian Casinos
05/23/03 - Gambling on Casinos - And Losing
05/23/03 - Indian Gambling Mess - Blame Congress
05/17/03 - Limits to Sovereignty?
05/09/03 - Expert Encourages Florence Crowd to Fight Casino
05/09/03 - Florence Cuts No Deal with Tribes for Casino
05/07/03 - Lawsuit Over Florence Casino Goes to Court
05/02/03 - Anti-Casino Speaker in Florence May 8
04/23/03 - Governors Can Veto Casinos Judge Rules
04/07/03 - Some Learn Indian Justice the Hard Way
04/06/03 - On Their Land, Tribe's Law is the Last Word
04/04/03 - Gambling Will Mean Big Losses for Everybody
04/03/03 - Law Firm Sues Tribe Over Legal Bills for Florence Site
03/24/03 - Gambling Information Meeting in Florence
03/18/03 - Taxes Fund Health Care of Casino Staff Families
03/16/03 - Opinion - Good Call, Governor - Kulongoski nixes casino-for-stadium deal
03/13/03 - Gambling Dollars Come With a Price
03/12/03 - More gamblers seeking help for problem
03/08/03 - Bill Offers Coast Forest Homeland to Tribes
03/06/03 - Florence Asks Governor to Keep Casino Away
03/06/03 - Florence City Council Heeds Public Outcry Over Casino
03/03/03 - Casino Fact Sheet Prepared by People Against a Casino Town (PACT)
02/07/03 - Florence Tribe to Ask State to Withdraw Casino Suit
01/15/03 - Gaming’s mixed legacy
01/15/03 - Tribes Invest Record Cash in State Politics
01/07/03 - Lawmakers in Connecticut vote to bar any more gambling houses
2002
12/00/02 - Tribes of Gamblers
12/00/02 - Special Report on Indian Casinos by Time Magazine
05/28/02 - Gambling's Dark Side
04/10/02 - Oregon Disputes Casino Ruling
01/20/02 - City Seeks to Halt Casino
01/20/02 - Register-Guard Editorial - Let Tribes Build Casino
01/12/02 - State still waiting on tribal appeal decision
01/12/02 - Local News Sources
01/09/02 - County may tackle casino issue today
01/09/02 - City Council seeks clarity, state appeals process before taking an official stand
01/09/02 - Gaming Decision was based on court rulings
01/08/02 - Florence to ask state to appeal casino ruling
01/04/02 - Coos Bay Tribal Development Gets Thumbs-down
2001
12/27/01 - Potential Florence Casino Under Review
08/16/01 - The Casino No One Wants
2000
09/01/00 - Economic Impact of Casinos on Tribes is Negligible
1999
02/25/99 - Tribes Ask for 93,000 Acres of Forest
02/23/99 - Tribe Revives Plan to Build Coastal Casino
1998
      1998 - Native American Gaming Report
1997
06/10/97 - Survey says many oppose gambling
05/15/97 - End video poker? - Let voters have their say
01/29/97 - Will gambling panel get at least one watchdog! (Safire)
1996
Apr.1996 - Gambling’s Toll in Minnesota
1995
10/22/95 - Oregon doesn't know what it is betting on
10/16/95 - Maryland Attorney General on Casino Gambling

More information will be added frequently - check our page often.

Links of Interest:

People Against a Casino Town - Florence Anti-Casino Group
PBS "Frontline":  Easy Money!
Economic Impact of Legalizing Gambling
University of Memphis Library Gambling Information Collection
Casinos, Crime and Community Costs
No-Casino - A Hood River Community Group
Gaming Studies Research Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Voices for Rural Living

Tribal Casino Impact

Stand Up For California
Connecticut Citizens Against Casino
CasinoWatch
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Gambling Facts and Stats
eJournal of Gambling Issues
The National Gambling Impact Study Commission Report
Gemini Research - Gaming Reports
Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming
The Wager: Weekly Addiction Gambling Education Report, Harvard Medical School
National Council on Problem Gambling
Indian Gaming News
National Coalition Against Gambling
Keep Hudson Casino Free
Citizen Link - Focus on the Family - gambling research
Connecticut Citizens Against Casinos
Tribal Nation - Casino Impact on Communities
Problem Gambling Research Group

Other Info
The following are items located on the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) site:
 

  • GAO-01-108 Convenience Gambling
  • GAO/GGD-99-127 Campaign Finance: Contributions from Gambling Interests Have Increased (released July 27, 1999)
  • GAO/GGD-00-78 Impact of Gambling: Economic Effects More Measurable Than Social Effects (released April 27, 2000)

    • You can find these by searching the word "gambling" or by searching for the specific GOA report number.
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