Tribe may fight term-limits measure if casino expansion rejected

One of California’s richest Indian tribes has signaled it will spend millions of dollars to kill a February ballot measure that would extend lawmakers’ terms if they fail to pass a sweeping expansion of Indian casino gambling, a key lawmaker said.

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Thu, April 26th, 2007

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