Two bills introduced this legislative session would put more checks and balances on the expansion of tribal casinos in Mississippi. Plans by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to put a casino in a county in which gambling is illegal spurred the legislation. The bills would add one more hurdle to what opponents call "reservation shopping," by which the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs allows tribes to open casinos beyond historic reservation lands.
Hopefully these two bills will pass. Jackson County needs all the help it can get to keep the Choctaws from putting a casino in our county and destroying our communities.
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