Special land claim settlement meeting set

By: The Citizen staff report

Monday, June 4, 2007 12:20 PM EDT

The Cayuga County Legislature will hold a special work session next week on the latest proposed settlement in the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York land claim.
The June 13 meeting will have three sections: one from 6 to 6:30 p.m. to outline the proposed agreement, another from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for board members in the taxing jurisdictions to ask questions and a final from 7:40 to 9:10 p.m. for members of the public to make comments. The meeting will be held at the Pavilion at Emerson Park, and there will be no parking fee.

Lawyers for the Cayugas and Cayuga and Seneca county announced a tentative deal last month that would allow the tribe to build a casino in a New York state community that wanted it and to make up to 10,000 acres land it owns exempt from property taxes, among other provisions. The tribe would share casino revenues with the two counties and drop its efforts to have its land put into federal trust, which would effectively make them sovereign.

The two counties, the state Legislature and the U.S. Congress would all need to sign off on the agreement.

The Cayuga County Legislature anticipates a vote on the measure at its June 26 meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. at Emerson Park.

At the June 13 session, Brian Laudadio, the attorney working on the issue for the counties, will give the presentation and handle questions.

During the public comment section of that meeting, speakers will be limited to five minutes. It's possible not all people will have a chance to speak, but the county Legislature will accept written comments, as well.

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There are 4 comment(s)

jim wrote on Jun 5, 2007 12:47 PM:

" Tom Wilmot and his cronies have orcistrated this for years, his connections to the Seneca-Cayuga tribe now switched to the Cayugas of New York.What does that tell you--MONEY-- he couldn't get it on in Aurelius or Rochester, who is sleeping with who? Wake up. "

John wrote on Jun 5, 2007 9:49 AM:

" People in Cayuga and Seneca counties should be at our Legeslators throats even for letting such a deal even be discussed!!! If you live in either of these counties and our Legeslators aprovre the back door deal..that will put a 10,000 acre property tax burden on every one,and for our kids grandkids and generations to come. So called shareing money from casino profits with the state means for the city of New York and to balance a budject that our new govonor cann't do now or in the future so we are going to sell our soul and give away out taxable land forver to satisfy our over paid lawmakers. PROPERTY OWNERS STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS, TELL YOUR LEGESLATORS NOT TO GO FOR THIS BACK DOOR DEAL, THE LAND CLAIM IS OVER IT IS JUST ANOTHER BACK DOOR DEAL FOR INDIANS TO GET YOUR LAND AND RAISE YOUR TAXES. "

don wrote on Jun 4, 2007 9:56 PM:

" The Cayugas lost the land claim. Anybody get that point? "

WHAT????? wrote on Jun 4, 2007 8:47 PM:

" Maybe all public comments won't have the opportunity to speak???!!!!! Hello, EVERYONE should be allowed their 5 mins. to comment and this meeting should go until everyone who wants to be heard is heard. Boy does this Legislative body have it WRONG. You have an obligation to afford Public input to all. Not just some, but ALL. "

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