Supervisor Jacob, an outspoken casino critic, said in a news conference last month that statistics released by the California Highway Patrol show an increase of traffic accidents along Highway 94 since the casino opened.Ī group called the Jamul Action Committee has been fighting against the casino since plans for it were first proposed by the tribe in the late 1980’s.
More than 180 letter-writers were invited to attend the November licensing hearings. It’s almost opening day for Hollywood Casino, the controversial gaming facility backed by Jamul Indian Village, a small local tribe, and Penn National Gaming, Inc., of Pennsylvania. More than 1,000 residents of Jamul sent letters of protest to ABC, most citing concerns that casino patrons who have been drinking will make Highway 94 more dangerous. Lewis, in a letter to “concerned parties” and formally addressed to county Supervisor Dianne Jacob, said he was concerned that emails that had been sent to him could prevent a fair hearing. The agency handed it off to the Office of Administrative Hearings earlier this year after the judge overseeing the hearings recused himself.Īdministrative law Judge John W.
The case was first being heard last November by ABC.
