Petitioning, part I

I decided to take these petitions in parts. There are too many to just sit down and write about them all. First off, these are California petitions, so my foreign readers may or may not find this of interest. I also don't have any details or even specific names for these, I'm pulling them out of my head as I remember them.

INDIANS WANT TO PAY TAXES
I was like, that's hilarious. Now what is it they want? They want to be able to build more casinos and have unrestricted gaming. I can't remember what sort of gaming it was, it seems to me that it was hunting type of gaming and it was primarily for that reason that I said NO. Even if that wasn't the case, the taxes didn't make up for more Casinos popping up and they wanted other rights and exemptions and privilages to go along with it. So don't sign this one. Yeah, they'll pay taxes, but I have no doubt that they are asking for much more in return.

INDIANS WANT TO PUT IN SLOT MACHINES AT RACE TRACKS
For this one they didn't ask for much, just the bigger portion of the cut. The state gets certain percentages amounting to an estimated $1 billion a year. There might have been provisions about no tax increases, but it didn't amount to enough to prevent me from signing this petition. The way I figure it, there is already gambling going on at these locations. Let the Indians put the slot machines in at their expense and we can get a much needed cut of the money. If it turns out to have more to it and it makes it onto the ballot, I'll let you know whether or not to actually vote for it. Still, I signed it and I would encourage you to do the same. If it gets voted on and passes but was actually not the best idea, it isn't such a big deal issue anyway and $1 billion would be very helpful.