Tribe losing time in fight for casinos

The 86-year-old chairwoman of an Indian tribe seeking to build a casino in Barstow parked herself outside the office of Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez on Monday as the weeklong campaign to get a gaming compact ratified continued.

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Tue, August 29th, 2006

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