By Caitlin McGlade | The Republic | azcentral.com
Three Glendale City Council members recently sent a letter to federal officials that denounces the city’s opposition to a proposed casino near its sports and entertainment district.
Specifically, the three councilmen criticized a letter that City Attorney Michael Bailey sent the U.S. Department of Interior in September to affirm the Glendale’s long-held opposition to the Tohono O’odham Nation’s casino plans.
The Nov. 15 letter to the Interior signed by Councilmen Ian Hugh, Gary Sherwood and Sam Chavira slams Bailey’s memo as “nothing more than a regurgitation of arguments” that have largely been dismissed by the courts. Opponents, primarily two tribes with Valley casinos, “continue to act with reckless abandon in their blind attempts to maintain market share,” the letter says.
