Big Fish Casino
Last Tuesday the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 to pass a resolution denouncing the Catawba casino. The commissioners fear the new casino will harm the revenues and jobs provided by the two casinos of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. A lawsuit against the Catawba casino has been filed by the Eastern Band of the Cherokees, who claim the casino project is a “modern-day land grab”. The court wants the final legal filings for this case by the end of this month. (mais…)