The tribe’s top lawyer, Peter Carmen, has said it would sue to keep Turning Stone open if the federal government revokes its approval of the casino.Įven if the interior department rescinds its approval, it would be left up to the National Indian Gaming Commission – a separate entity in the interior department – to order the casino closed. I’d have to start all over again,” said Smith. I wouldn’t be able to pay for hockey and karate and all the things I give my children.
This is how I pay my bills,” said Smith, 39, a single mother of two from Rome who landed a job – complete with benefits and a 401k plan – as a drink server at the casino nine years ago after working most of her life as a bartender and waitress.īy By: William Kates VERONA – Candy Smith is in limbo.
Smith, like nearly 4,000 other workers and their families, is waiting to learn a federal agency could shut down her employer, the Oneida Indian Nation’s Turning Stone casino.
