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The Portland Tribune, May 23, 2006, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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Casino plan still hung up

Supporters of the state’s first nontribal casino must now jump a new hurdle to qualify their proposal for the November general election.

The titles of their two ballot measures to build a casino in Wood Village were challenged before the Oregon Supreme Court last week. The appeal could drag on into early June, giving supporters less than a month to collect slightly more than 100,000 voter signatures for the Oregon constitutional amendment they need to build the casino. The supporters must also collect slightly more than 75,000 signatures to site the casino at the former Multnomah Kennel Club dog racing track.

“It’s going to be very tight, but we’re still hopeful the Supreme Court will approve the titles in time for us to make it,” said Matt Rossman, a Lake Oswego lawyer who is sponsoring the measures with his neighbor, financial consultant Bruce Studer.

The appeal was filed by the chiefs of the Siletz, Coquille and Klamath Indian tribes. The Siletz and Coquille tribes already operate casinos on reservation lands, and the Klamath tribe recently applied to build one on nonreservation land near Wilsonville.

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