Do you have a link to this SBD?



Coho, I don't have an issue with Tribes making contibutions to local organizations. The Tulalip Tribe is actually an example of a Tribe that gets it. They are an active part of the community, and they actively give back. Sadly all of the Washington Tribes are not the same.

What I have an issue with is an unfair monopoly granted to the Tribes because of political campaign contributions, making them yet again a special class of people. Gas taxes, cigarette taxes, casino's are all monopolies that have been given away to the Tribes. Adding the federal grant, again taxpayer money, to pay expenses for something already covered for by existing law enforcement, and tax payer revenues (gas taxes) doesn't make sense. At a time when Thurston and Grays Harbor counties are laying off staff, seeing monies go to small departments who police a very small population, it is very frustrating.