By Tim Steller, columnist at the Arizona Daily Star
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.)
In Southern Arizona we tend to applaud those who put one over on Phoenix.
So it’s natural that we smile at the Tohono O’odham Nation’s ability to overcome obstacle after obstacle as it moves toward opening a $400 million casino-resort near Glendale by the end of this year.
Still, it’s hard to read the latest effort by state officials to stop the casino, and dig into their arguments, without realizing that the tribe’s officials and hired guns have been clever rascals over the years.
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