I would like to inquire how it is that yet another Indian casino is allowed to be put in less than a block from a public school! It also sits adjoining to our only local county park, and less 100 feet from a residence! How is it that the state allows for this to go on?

California is in such a bad situation at the moment and yet you (California) continue to run hard-working, tax-paying families out of this state with these poor decisions!

I used to be proud to raise my child in this small town where I grew up, but now I am ashamed! Between the pot dispensary on Main Street and now this casino I plan on leaving this area that my family has called home for over 35 years!

So think about it ... you are not getting taxes paid on the dope or the money people make from growing it or the gambling! So maybe you should consider the fact that you're running this community into the ground! Also in a recent article in the Press Democrat it stated that Lake County ranked 13th out of the nation for poverty, so do people really have the money to support another casino?

Perhaps this editor can figure out how it is the cash kick backs out weighs the serenity of the community!

Michelle Villines lives in Upper Lake.