You then complain because of the supposed lack of jobs and the fact we have dont have a mall. Past experience has shown that if you 'hope' too far out beyond the tip of your nose in this town, you will get it slammed in a door.Īs you said you left SF to come to small town Elk Grove. Yes, let's just look forward to the jobs period. Ly recently commented that he would be first in line at the buffet, so it is quite possible that he could help unionize their restaurant workers by offering to stand at the back of the line, and to sweeten the pot, maybe the tribe could throw him an extra piece of fried chicken? Heck, Boeing workers shot down a union last week at their South Carolina assembly plant! The City already approved its MOU with the tribe, so what leverage does he or the City have anymore? In briefly researching this subject, I believe there is one Indian casino in the entire country that is unionized. With all due respect, I would not 'bet the house' on Steve Ly accomplishing anything with the casino. Regarding your comment about the Wilton Rancheria casino,'.It will bring an estimated 1,700 to 2,000 news jobs to our city, jobs that Mayor Steve Ly has vowed to fight to make sure are union jobs'. It is our moral duty to allow them to build this casino on this land, on their land. It would allow them to build hospitals, and pay for mental health services to lower the number of suicides. This casino would be a boon to their community, it would bring in profits to sustain them and raise them out of poverty.

Their tribe currently suffers from poverty, high suicide rates, and a lack of a community hospital. Our bloody crimes must never be forgotten the debt we owe them is tremendous. Their blood was spilled so that we could squat here today. This is their land, stolen by force by our settlers over a hundred years ago. In 2009, the federal government gave them their tribal status back, and now begins the long, slow process of healing. Slaughtered in mass in the 1800’s before being removed from their lands and forced to attend schools that stripped away their culture, then later having their tribal status stripped away in the 1940’s by the US government they’ve been through a lot.

The Wilton Rancheria Tribe is a part of this community, too.

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