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MORON ALERT: Annexation is welfare for rich
The U.S. government created tribal annexation to get poor tribes off the welfare rolls, not to get rich tribes off the tax rolls.  Chumash Tribe5/21/2012
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Tribe’s liquor-license hearing delayed
(California) -- A three-day public hearing that was set to begin today on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ request for an expansion of the liquor license at...
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Alaska Congressmember Not Proposing Chumash Legislation
(California) -- Alaska Representative Don Young — who had a conversation in recent months with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians about Camp 4, the 1,400-acre...
5/20/2012
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Huffman splits top prize in Central Coast Poker Championship
(California) -- Santa Barbara’s John Pearley Huffman commanded the final table and generously opted to split the prize money with his three remaining competitors...
5/17/2012
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MORON ALERT: Is Alaskan Congressman Young representing California casino tribe?
(California) -- The news that an Alaskan congressman could become the pivotal figure in a lightning rod issue pertaining strictly to the Santa Ynez Valley – taking...
5/8/2012
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Supervisor Farr's letter opposes Chumash fee-to-trust proposal
(California) -- In a letter to an Alaskan congressman, 3rd District Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr again laid out her objections to a request by the Santa...
5/3/2012
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LETTER: P.O.L.O. reaches out
(California) -- P.O.L.O., or Preservation of Los Olivos, was recently informed that the Santa Ynez Band (Chumash Casino tribe) has contacted Alaskan Congressman Don...
4/27/2012
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Farr letter opposes tribal annex
(California) -- In a letter to Alaska Congressman Don Young, 3rd District county Supervisor Doreen Farr has detailed her opposition to placing the Chumash tribe’s...
4/26/2012
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Farr letter opposes tribal annexation
(California) -- In a letter to Alaska Congressman Don Young, 3rd District county Supervisor Doreen Farr has detailed her opposition to placing the Chumash tribe’s...
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OP/ED: Tribe to make its own wine from Camp 4
(California) -- Our tribe two years ago purchased a small portion of our ancestral land in the valley for homes for tribal families. You may have read in the news about...
4/19/2012
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Column: Chumash casino tribe economic report
(California) -- In reading the Chumash Casino tribe’s Economic Report to justify development on their 1,400 acres (Camp 4), I am not sure if Santa Barbara county...
4/10/2012
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Chumash cite economic benefit of housing plan
(California) -- A report commissioned by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians concludes that building homes on their “Camp 4” property in Santa Ynez would...
3/29/2012
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OP/ED: State opposition to annexation in Riverside should apply here
(California) -- News flash: A game-changing letter in opposition to annexation of land by a wealthy Indian tribe has been sent by the state of California to the Bureau...
3/20/2012
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BLOG: National Historic Landmark
(California) -- The National Park Service this week designated the Carrizo Plain Archeological District in California as a National Historic Landmark.
3/17/2012
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Commentary: Portraits point out ‘We are still here’
(California) -- “We are still here.” It’s a phrase you hear in Native American communities around the country — a reminder that indigenous people...
2/29/2012
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ARMENTA: Tribe wants homes on Chumash land
(California) -- We’ve been reaching out to residents, civic leaders and employers to discuss the need for more housing for families of the Santa Ynez Band of...
2/28/2012
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Chumash Casino Wins Environmental Award
(California) -- The Energy Smart Award honors commercial businesses, governmental agencies, residential customers, educational institutions and other energy users that...
2/23/2012
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Solvang to discuss Chumash grant application
(California) -- The Solvang City Council will meet Monday night to discuss grant funds made available to cities, counties and special districts that are affected by...
2/22/2012
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MORON ALERT: Tribal sovereignty warrants big debate
(California) -- "The United States' unique political relationship with tribal governments is now being transformed into an intergovernmental co-partnership...
2/20/2012
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Hearing set in May on tribe’s liquor license
(California) -- The state agency responsible for alcohol licensing and compliance will hold a three-day public hearing in May on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
2/2/2012
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Hearing to be held on liquor license
(California) -- A public hearing will be held on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians' request for an expansion of the liquor license at its Chumash Casino Resort...
1/18/2012
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MORON ALERT: Annexation is welfare for rich
(California) -- The U.S. government created tribal annexation to get poor tribes off the welfare rolls, not to get rich tribes off the tax rolls.
1/5/2012
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OP/ED: Farr’s avoiding chance to show leadership
(California) -- It's odd that Doreen Farr did not attend the meeting of 600-plus people a few months ago to address the proposed annexation by the Chumash tribe of 1...
12/21/2011
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Chumash ask city to support proposed annexation
(California) -- The Lompoc City Council is not taking part in a mounting battle between Santa Barbara County residents and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians over...
12/8/2011
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OP/ED: Tribal annexation would take huge financial toll
(California) -- Recently there have been a number of editorials and letters to the editor regarding the potential annexation into the Chumash reservation of 1,400 acres...
11/24/2011
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CALDWELL: Making a strong case for Chumash plans
(California) -- This Thanksgiving day, I recall the kindness of the Native Americans who helped the pilgrims understand how to survive in this world that was so new to...
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GOMEZ: Are we all tired of the opposition yet?
(California) -- Last week the Santa Ynez Valley News published another commentary from a member of the tribal opposition group, Preservation of Los Olivos (POLO),...
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LYING LIAR: Signatures are worthless
(California) -- POLO has been telling people in the Santa Ynez Valley about the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians’ signature drive to support their plans for the...
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OP/ED: Making a strong case for Chumash plans
(California) -- This Thanksgiving day, I recall the kindness of the Native Americans who helped the pilgrims understand how to survive in this world that was so new to...
11/19/2011
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OP/ED: SM residents rely on tribe’s success
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Chumash tribe has been in the news recently over plans to build homes for tribal families. This is positive news, and headlines should...
11/16/2011
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Chumash Tribe Solicits Support For Development
(California) -- The Chumash Indian tribe is seeking the community’s help developing a 1,400 acre parcel of land purchased last year to reduce overcrowding on its...
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OP/ED: Groups spread false information to attack Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
(California) -- The Capitol Weekly recently published another commentary attacking the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The latest assault concerns 1,400 acres the...
11/14/2011
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Beau Bridges - Beau Bridges Preserving Sacred Chumash Land In California
(California) -- Actor Beau Bridges is spearheading a campaign to preserve and protect sacred Chumash Indian land in California. The Fabulous Baker Boys star is on the...
11/10/2011
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LETTER: Tribe plan is criticized
(California) -- I’m not anti-Indian, anti-Chumash, anti-tribe or any other label Chairman Armenta repeatedly gives anyone who doesn’t agree with the Chumash...
11/9/2011
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MORON ALERT: Who will get the signatures – Gallegly, Santa Barbara supervisors, or Gov. Brown?
(California) -- The community is a buzz with the latest regarding “Camp 4” – the 1,400 acres in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley owned by the Chumash...
10/26/2011
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LETTER: Resolving the Camp 4 issue
(California) -- I’ve been following the story of the Chumash and Camp 4, and it seems the solution is simple. We must understand the sensitivity of the Chumash....
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LETTER: Tribe earns her thanks
(California) -- Again, our friends and neighbors, the Chumash Indians, have shown their generosity — $30,000 each to the senior centers and Friends of the Library.
10/13/2011
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Commentary: Second casino or not, it’s bigger than that
(California) -- As you know, the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians has purchased the 1,400 acres known as Camp 4. The tribe is actively pursuing efforts to remove that...
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Commentary: There can be no ‘agreement’ with the tribe
(California) -- Well-intended people have recently advocated that the community compromise with the Chumash tribal government and forge an “agreement”...
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Commentary: Tribe wants people to have information
(California) -- First, we’d like to thank the hundreds of residents who attended our September public meeting about our tribe’s purchase of the Camp Four...
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MORON ALERT: Representation without taxation
(California) -- I read with interest the recent remarks of the Chumash tribal government now that a misguided state law has opened the door for them and other “...
10/6/2011
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OP/ED: Chumash Casino tribe the first government?
(California) -- “Fee-to-trust is about returning lost land to the tribe and returning it to the local control of the one government that was in place long before the...
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OP/ED: Consider the benefits generated by the casino
(California) -- Although I recognize the Chumash tribe's fee-to-trust rights, I do not want another casino in the Valley. However, I also don't believe a second...
9/29/2011
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CHAIRMAN ARMENTA: Educating community about tribal issues
(California) -- If you didn't attend "You Heard the Fiction, Now Hear the Facts," a Chumash public meeting held on September 16, you missed an opportunity...
9/27/2011
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Chumash expansion plans upset Solvang neighbors
(California) -- Stretching beside the road to San Marcos Pass, the property known as Camp 4 is rolling, oak-studded and vast. On that much, the land's owners, the...
9/23/2011
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OP/ED: Don’t let a fox guard the hen house
(California) -- In an apparent attempt to disparage the concerns of hundreds in the Valley community and the groups representing their interests, the Chumash tribal...
9/22/2011
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Chumash town hall lures crowd
(California) -- Speculation has swirled over what the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has in store for 1,390 acres at the northwest corner of highways 154/246 in...
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OP/ED: Tribe’s real plan for Camp 4 is obvious
(California) -- To be fair, I went to hear what the Chumash tribe wanted the public to hear about taking their 1,400 acres via the fee-to-trust process last Friday and...
9/21/2011
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Chumash Respond to Camp 4 Worries
(California) -- Beyond the bright lights and hum of regular Friday night activity at the Chumash Casino, a panel of representatives from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash...
9/20/2011
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Chumash defend annexation plans
(California) -- Tribal leaders have “a moral obligation to acquire land for the long-term survival of the tribe,” and converting private property into...
9/17/2011
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Chumash defend annexation plans
(California) -- Tribal leaders have “a moral obligation to acquire land for the long-term survival of the tribe,” and converting private property into...
9/16/2011
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Chumash Tribe to Hold Public Meeting About Camp Four Land Development
(California) -- The Chumash Tribe plans to hold a public meeting Friday night to discuss future development on hundreds of acres of Chumash land that is under scrutiny....
9/15/2011
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MORON ALERT: 1,400 acres: What elected officials say about fee to trust
(California) -- POLO has done the work to get you the facts. What are you going to do about it? (Every resident, property owner, business owner and registered voter has...
9/14/2011
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CHUMASH: Face the facts on Friday night
(California) -- At the anti-tribal town hall meeting a few weeks ago, tribal opponent groups presented a variety of scenarios designed to incite panic. The problem?...
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LETTER: Listening to tribe’s plan
(California) -- Marketing hype is turning us into a society of frightened rabbits. A steady stream of TV commercials, advertising messages and stories in the media...
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OP/ED: Tribal annexations harm businesses
(California) -- The business community should pay especially close attention to tribal land annexation issues — or risk becoming the victim of the dreaded unfair...
9/13/2011
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Chumash plan public meeting on Camp 4 issues
(California) -- Two weeks after several community groups held a meeting to inform residents about recent efforts by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians to annex 1,400...
9/10/2011
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COMMENTARY: Measuring the effects of tribe’s proposal
(California) -- Over the past two weeks, I have received a large volume of correspondence from Santa Ynez Valley residents sharing their concerns about a potential fee-...
9/8/2011
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OP/ED: Measuring effects of tribe’s proposal
(California) -- Over the past two weeks, I have received a large volume of correspondence from Santa Ynez Valley residents sharing their concerns about a potential fee-...
9/1/2011
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MORON ALERT: ‘Cooperative agreement:’ An introduction
(California) -- Several members of the Santa Ynez Valley community, including No More Slots, have asked me to review a “cooperative agreement” presented to...
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Town Hall meeting draws hundreds
(California) -- It is a story that has prompted head-shaking among many Valley residents. It is also a stark reality that has property owners who live near the $250...
8/31/2011
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ARMENTA: The opponents who cried wolf
(California) -- Everything leading up to last week’s anti-Chumash town hall meeting had a desperate feel to it. The flyer announcing the meeting was designed to...
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Chumash Indians, Santa Ynez Residents Clash Over Camp 4
(California) -- For nothing actually happening quite yet at Camp 4 — the 1,390-acre Santa Ynez property sitting on the northeast corner of Highways 154 and 246 and...
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LET THE IDIOT SPEAK: Annexation would be land grab for gaming
(California) -- Last Friday residents of the Santa Ynez Valley, looking to the future, took an historic step toward protecting this valley and their community resources.
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Public urged to fight tribal annexation
(California) -- Residents of the Santa Ynez Valley should expect the worst and organize politically to stop the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians from adding another 1,...
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