City sending wrong message on casino plan

The public learned nothing new last week about the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma's proposal for a $400 million casino and entertainment resort in Auburn. Chief Paul Spicer simply outlined the same vague descriptions and grandiose promises that were listed in a press release issued a couple of weeks ago by Mayor Tim Lattimore.

Yet, despite having little or no concrete information, the majority of the Auburn City Council approved a resolution supporting the concept of making the city the host to such a project.

Never has something so potentially damaging for the city been rushed to a vote so quickly.