![]() ![]() Representatives from Penn said the project will bring local jobs and amended casino plans address safety and quality of life concerns. We’re gonna fight this thing like the Jamul Alamo,” said Gary Clasen, to applause. ![]() “We’ve been fighting this thing for over 20 years and I guarantee you you’re not gonna have a chance. We downsized,” countered Robert Mesa, a tribal spokesman and council member.Īt a community meeting Wednesday night at a Jamul school auditorium, residents asked Penn to reconsider and warned they would not give up without a battle. “Keep it rural,” implored Marcia Spurgeon, an anti-casino activist, real estate agent and longtime Jamul resident, during an interview at her office on Jamul’s main road. Residents of Jamul, a village about 20 miles east of San Diego, said putting a casino in their quiet community makes about as much sense as plopping a farm into the middle of the Las Vegas Strip. ![]() When the tribe signed an agreement in April with an East Coast developer, Penn National Gaming, to build and run a $360 million vintage Hollywood-themed casino, it settled on a more modest plan than before - no skyrise hotel, for one - but still grand enough to assure their economic prosperity, the tribe’s members say. The Jamul Indians are one step closer to fulfilling their rags to slot-machine riches dreams. ![]()
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