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ELK GROVE—Jan. 20—The U.S. Department of Interior has issued a Record of Decision to place 35.9 acres of land in Elk Grove into federal trust for Wilton Rancheria, which will end nearly six decades of “landless” status for the Tribe and mark a major milestone in plans to build a resort and casino adjacent to the planned Outlet Collection mall along Highway 99.

Elk Grove’s new mayor, Steve Ly sat down with the Citizen last week at City Hall to discuss some of the projects and issues that he feels are most important to the community.

RE: ECOS endorsement of Alternative F location selection for the Wilton Rancheria project

The force behind the effort to halt the proposed Indian casino in Elk Grove is a Bay Area company tied to a Sacramento cardroom operator.

An alliance of construction contractors is fighting back against casino opponents in Elk Grove, challenging technicalities behind a ballot referendum designed to thwart the project.

For weeks, an unknown outside group funded a large-scale signature-gathering operation with the intention of killing Elk Grove’s Outlet Collection mall. The signature gatherers were paid up to $10 a signature, which is an unprecedented amount of money to influence our local government and local economy.

Some people who signed a petition demanding a public vote on a controversial casino now want their names off the list

More details are coming out about who is funding the opposition to the Elk Grove casino project. The mysterious backer is funding a petition to force the casino development on the spring ballot.

Almost as soon as the signatures were submitted, casino supporters filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission alleging that “no one knows the identity of the persons funding the referendum petition

Opponents of a proposed Indian casino in Elk Grove turned in 14,800 signatures to the city clerk in their effort to block the $400 million project, setting up a potentially nasty and costly ballot fight, city officials said Monday.