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PerTel.Conversation Remarks:
FYI
Cc:Ken
Ridden
GOVERNMENT
EXHIB
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L.L.C.
GAMING
&
(ASrNO
MANAGEMENT
March27,2002HonorableJosephBrunoPresidentProTernandMajority
LeaderNew
YorkStateSenateLegislativeOfficeBuildingRoom
909
Albany,
New
York12247Dear
Senator
Bruno:
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T E ~ A P O R A R Y
PRESIDENT
Onbehalf
of
the
Seneca-Cayuga
Tribeandits
development
team,thankyouformeetingwithuslastweektodiscusstheTribe'sinterestindevelopingagamingfacilityinNiagaraFallsandintheTribe
's
claimarea.Inreviewingourdiscussion,ithasbecomeclearthatthereisconsiderableconfusionregardingthe
Governor'scommitment
to
dealexclusivelywiththe
New
YorkSenecasinwestern
New
York.Tobeblunt,theMOU
between
theGovernorandSenecasdoesnotlimitthe
Governor
or
theLegislature,forthematter,fromdealingwiththe
Seneca-Cayuga
Tribe.
The
firstparagraph
of
the
MOV
states"nothinghereinshallbebindinguponeitherparty,unlessanduntilthe
same
isformallyratifiedaccordingtoproceduresimplementedbyeachpartyfor
doing
so."
Moreover,theparagraphtitled"Exclusivityand
Revenue
Share"states"unlessany
other
federallyrecognizedIndianNation
with
areservationlocatedwithintheState
of
New
Yorkas
of
theeffective
date
of
theCompactseeksa
GamingCompact
withtheState,theStateagreesthattheNationshallenjoytotalexclusivitywithregardtoelectronic
gaming
devices".
It
seems
clearthatanyexclusivitywiththeSeneca
Nation
of
Indiansisnotcreatedbythe
MOU
but
by
asubsequent
Gaming
Compact.Weall
know
thatsuchaCompacthasnotbeennegotiatedandratified
by
either
theState
of
the
Seneca
Nation.
It
isequallycleartheGovernordidnotsurrenderhisauthoritytonegotiateaCompactwithanotherIndianTribe.Quitethecontrary,the
MOU
anticipatesthattheGovernormaydoso.
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