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"Stop the Casino 101 Coalition is an incredibly impressive
grass-roots group. Their ability to research the complex legal and technical issues presented by the proposed casino,
to communicate clearly the implications of the casino if it were to be built, and to develop strategies to oppose the casino,
make them indispensible to the fight to stop the casino." Michael Healy, Attorney & Petaluma Councilmember-elect
We'll fight the fight, but we need your support! Fighting the Rohnert Park casino proposed by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria will require TWO seperate legal actions: one to challenge the land to trust decision, and one to challenge the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) due to be released in approximately late Summer.
The land to trust lawsuit was filed on June
6, 2008, in the Ninth District Federal Court, against Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and individual BIA officials. The challenge to the EIS cannot be filed until the Final EIS is approved by the National
Indian Gaming Commission.
STC101's LAWSUIT
STOPPED LAND TO TRUST DECISION IN ITS TRACKS!! The decision
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to place 254 acres outside Rohnert Park into trust for the Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria has been put hold hold by the lawsuit filed in the federal court on June 6, 2008. The land
CANNOT and WILL NOT be placed into trust until the court battle has played out, something that normally takes years.
In the meantime, the 254 acres will remain under state and local jurisdiction, subject to state and local law!
HELP US CONTINUE THE FIGHT! DONATE TO OUR LEGAL FUND
Since we filed our lawsuit, New York State, Madison County, NY and Oneida County, NY, and the towns of Vernon and Verona have joined the Attorneys General of 22 states who have all filed lawsuits challenging the right of the Secretary of the Interior to remove land from a state's sovereign control
in order to place the land into trust for a Native American tribe. The language in the all the lawsuits are often identical
to the language in our lawsuit. Read more....Press coverage....
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WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Take Action! Call, write or fax Boxer, Feinstein and Woolsey! Start a letter writing campaign with your friends - go viral with
your email lists.
Support the Litigation!
DONATE to our Legal Fund, 'cause the casino cartel has lots of meny, and attorneys ain't free, folks!! We
have to raise money for this lawsuit and for the upcoming challenge to the environmental impact statement due to be released
this Summer.
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Hold a Fund Raiser!
Host a B-B-Q
for ten or twenty of your friends, co-workers and family. Tell them that it will be a FUNd raiser (emphasis on
FUN), and ask that they donate $10 to $20 or more either per person, per couple or per family. You'll have fun while
you're raising money to keep the casino out of our community.
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Hold a Garage Sale! Get a few of your neighbors and family together and hold
a multi-family garage sale. A great way to raise funds, and all it takes is one morning and a bunch of stuff you
really needed to get rid of!
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Hold a Bake Sale! Who doesn't like homemade goodies? Break out that Snickerdoodle
recipe, and get your family together to bake and have fun! Local merchants will usually let you place a table outside
their stores If you'd like to hold bake sale, but don't know where to locate it, contact us and we'll try to help.
Spread the Word!
Talk to your friends ad co-workers about this monstrous casino that the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria want to build
in our community, and tell them what we're doing to stop it.. Let them know that it's never been a done deal.
Tell them about our web site, and encourage them to sign up for our emails. It's free, there's no obligation, and their privacy is is 100% guaranteed.
WHO IS STEPHAN VOLKER? Here's a sampling of just some of our attorney's wins.
2004 - "Environmental Groups Victorious as Department of Energy Withdraws Approval of Contested Bio-Warfare
Agent Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory" Attorney: Stephan Volker 2005 - "Court
Overturns Coastal Commission Approval of Luers Project in Davenport" Attorney: Stephan Volker 2006
- "Environmental Group Settles Suit to Stop Point Molate Casino" Attorney: Stephan Volker 2007-
"Supreme Court Rules Against EPA's Refusal to Regulate Global Warming" Attorney: Stephan Volker 2008
- "Richmond Casino Pact Ruled Illegal" Attorney: Stephan Volker From
www.volkerlaw.com: "Our clients include Sierra Club, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Friends of the Russian
River, Save Medicine Lake Coalition, Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin Coalition, League to Save Sierra Lakes, Friends of the Santa
Clara River, Friends of the River, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Northcoast Environmental Center,
Marin Audubon Society, Desert Protection Council, North Cascades Conservation Council, California Sportfishing Protection
Alliance, Tri-Valley CARES, and various local governments and citizens' groups throughout California. "Our
lawyers argue before state and federal courts in California and other Western states. Mr. Volker is certified to practice
before the United States Supreme Court. Suits brought by Volker Law Offices have led to the promulgation by the EPA of urgently
needed water quality standards for the San Francisco Bay/ Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ecosystem, preparation of comprehensive
management plans to protect the six Wild and Scenic Rivers within the Ozark National Forest, development of a comprehensive
management plan for the North Cascades National Park and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, protection of Puget Sound waters
from salmon farm pollution, prevention of new water diversions in the Sierra Nevada that would dewater High Sierra lakes and
harm downstream fish habitat, and comprehensive revision of the General Plans of El Dorado and Riverside Counties.
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Stop the Casino 101 Coalition, Rohnert Park, CA
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