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Pechanga Buffet of Corruption Served up RAW

It's not about the desserts on this buffet menu. It's about the corruption. Maybe, the Pechanga Resort and Casino should have WARNING SIGNS

We aren’t talking about the salad bar at Pechanga Resort & Casino. We aren’t talking about HOW TO WIN at PECHANGA CASINO We’re talking about the abuses heaped on lineal descendants of Original Pechanga people by Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians Chairman Mark Macarro.

Here’s what’s on the Pechanga Buffet Menu of Corruption

Injustice

The Pechanga General Council, the final arbiter of the LAW at Pechanga voted to END all disenrollment. Pechanga Chairman Mark Macarro IGNORED the will of the people and disenrolled the Hunter descendants. Threats to the remaining tribal members kept them in line.

Apartheid
As discussed in this article, YES, Pechanga practices apartheid and NO we aren’t comparing the level to South Africa, but if you don’t call them on it, who is to say.

Segregation

NO, lifelong reservation residents, land owners and rightful Pechanga people are NOT allowed to use the reservation facilities, such as playgrounds, bathrooms, and water fountains. And our children can’t attend the tribal school. IN FACT, Macarro’s council had Rangers escort our children from school, and, like George Wallace decades ago, won’t let our kids attend. And he had the Rangers TRESPASS on private property to warn us about TRESPASSING!

Elder abuse --- READ MORE of the distasteful menu here

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