Forum hears views about building a large Vegas-style casino in San Pablo.
Guests:
Cheryl Schmit, director of Stand Up for California, a non-profit organization giving voice to constituents who are directly affected by the authorization of tribal casino gaming and issues of tribal sovereignty
Mark van Norman, executive director of the National Indian Gaming Association, member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe of South Dakota
I. Nelson Rose, professor of Law at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, CA, a recognized expert in gambling and the law and a consultant to governments and industry
Irma Anderson, mayor of the city of Richmond, commissioner on the Metropolitan Transportation Committee, and former chair of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority
Vince Sollitto, deputy press secretary for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger