[ilbegone]

Duro didn't found a trailer slum out of the kindness of his heart, the Duros have quite a history behind them, not all that nice - no benevolence here. They are from other reservations farther west and cooled their heels in the Coachella Valley - they likely had nowhere else to go. The casino Indians might have moved from one reservation to another following the casino money, but I don't believe the Duros are welcome at any reservation besides Torres-Martinez.

["Duro, former chairman of the Torres Martinez tribe, has consistently complained that he was singled out for harsh treatment even though there are four other large trailer parks on the reservation, some older than his".]

I don't think the Torres-Martinez reservation has a casino, I think there was some talk of building a small one. I believe they still live in shacks and old trailers themselves.

It would cost $4.2 million to fix the trailer park, but the idea is to move them off the reservation and away from the Duro's truly terrible slum.

The county plan is to complete a $6.5 million trailer park and buying trailers at $65,000 each. The rent would be not much more than $275.00 per month, and other costs will be less.

To everyone but the taxpayers - farmers will still get their bottom basement labor on the backs of the taxpayers.

http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-n...eplacement.ece

http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-n...in-poverty.ece

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr...me-purepecha28

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr...me-duroville24