By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/YourWestValley.com
Arizona’s gaming director wants a court order allowing him to pry into the decision by the Tohono O’odham Nation to buy land for a casino near Glendale.
And the tribe is trying to block the move.
In legal papers filed in federal court here, attorneys for Daniel Bergin say he needs notes from closed-door tribal meetings going back to 2002 to support his claim that the nation defrauded the state by hiding its plans for full-blown casino gaming. He said those will buttress his claim that tribal officials acted in a way that shows they are unfit to operate a new casino.
But Bergin wants more.