This is hysterical. How funny would it be if people like Paris Hilton and Martha Stewart had to either pay rent to or give up their houses to the Shinnecock tribe? Granted $1.7 Billion dollars is a ton of money (split up over the 1,300 members of the tribe, it's about $1.4 million each), but that entire area, if resources were pooled, can afford it. What I love is that people in New York are already saying that this is just a ploy by the tribe, so that they can get their own casino out there. Huh? They lose their land almost 150 years ago and are relegated to a reservation, and this is about a casino? Somehow, I don't think so.
I know that the residents won't have to give up their houses, because the tribe is only really going after commercial areas, which makes sense, but I have this vision of Martha Stewart doing her new TV show from her Hampton home and having to talk about her sponsors:
"Thank you to K-Mart for selling my wares. Thank you to Williams-Sonoma for supplying me with the cookware. And finally, I would like to thank the Great Spirits and the Shinnecock tribe for allowing me to be on this land."
They say good things come to those who wait or are patient. Maybe this is the Shinnecock's time.
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