Yesterday dis-enrolled members of the Pechanga tribe held a protest against the referendums in front of the Pechanga casino. TribalWatch staffers were in attendance and have photo art which we will be posting later today. Below is a brief story from O. Pechanga's blog about a confrontation during the protest from one of the millionaire tribal members. What a classy guy eh? The implication of the sheriff being bought to defend the casino is not new at all . One of the first things the tribe does when it opens a casino is dump money on the local sheriffs dept. to ensure their loyalty. It happens in Santa Barbara County at the Chumash casino, in San Bernardino and San Diego, and just about anywhere you have an Indian Casino.
Pechanga Member Threatens Demonstrators at No on 94-97 Protest.
As discussed below we had a successful gathering in front of Pechanga Casino in Temecula. An interesting start to our demonstration.
Raymond Basquez Jr. son of Raymond Basquez Sr., one of those involved in eliminating 25% of the tribe, who can be seen in Pechanga's commercials, long hair, saying he just "wanted to give back" threatened us yesterday. He drove his shiny Escalade west on Pechanga Parkway, yelling at us, "Get a JOB!" and flipping us off. He sped west and made a quick left to make a u-turn. Aggressive driving in his huge vehicle, we knew he was coming back. A little disconcerting, because we knew he had been on parole. Ray Jr. stopped his Escalade about 7 car lenghts from the limit line, with a green light and GETS OUT of his vehicle. He circles to the back and my brother and I head back to meet him. When he sees my brother coming, he opens his back door (not a good sign in CA) but we advance anyway. He pulls out....... a Yes on 94-97 STICKER to put on his car! ROFL! He's taunting us: "you're out on the street, man!" Guess he was in women's prison. Raymond Jr. YOU ARE A PUSSY. Pechanga, great job as having Raymond Basquez Jr. as your defender.
Luckily for Pechanga, they had the Riverside County Sheriffs on Indian Land to protect them. OH yeah, thank RCS. We had a bottle thrown at us and you know what? We picked it up so you couldn't complain that we left trash in the area.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Pechanga Update
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Unbelievable! I have watched a few of the Pechanga videos on U Tube and I think it is so sad. One just can't believe that they would turn against their own. Now I really do see that is about the money for all the casino indians. "You make a living out of what you get. You make a life out of what you give." -Jerry Nelson
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