LEADERS OPPOSE CASINO.Byline: - Bhavna Mistry Saying that a casino casino or cassino (both: kəsē`nō). 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. with slot machines and gaming tables would harm the city, Mayor Manuel Lopez and Ventura County Supervisor John Flynn joined other critics Tuesday in rallying against the plan. The Greenville Rancheria rancheria (ränchā`rēä), type of communal settlement formerly characteristic of the Yaqui Indians of Sonora, Mexico, and of various small Native American groups of the SW United States, especially in California. of Maidu Indians has submitted a proposal to partner with the city and buy land at the Oxnard Factory Outlets for a 24-hour casino. A May 8 hearing on the project is scheduled. ``My hope is that we can convince the council not to go forward,'' Lopez said during a news conference. ``We must not allow this to happen.'' The first phase of the project would include 349 slot machines, 50 table games and a 15-seat snack bar. The second phase would add another 349 slot machines, 100 gaming tables and a 250-seat restaurant. Representing many religious leaders and local civic groups, Rabbi rabbi [Heb.,=my master; my teacher], the title of a Jewish spiritual leader. The role of the rabbi has undergone a number of transformations. In the Talmudic period, rabbis were primarily teachers and interpreters of the Torah. John Sherwood John Sherwood can refer to different people:
``Gambling addiction addiction: see drug addiction and drug abuse. is as hard to control as drug and other addictions,'' Sherwood said. ``We do not consider it wise to break one cycle of poverty to bring in another.'' |
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