We are indeed in a bad situation, but when the Tribes took us to the cleaners they did not have monetary recources that they have now. The Tribes used civil disobediance to draw media attention to their "plight" and the general public felt, oh so sorry, the new public opinion and pressure on government forces influenced (judicial reasoning) and we ended up in our current situation.

One thing is certain and that is that the co-management concept is fatally flawed, for as long as one party essentially has the power to overrule the other there is no necessity for them to act in good faith dooming the very concept.