Jamul Indian village people caused a stir by preparing the ground for the planned hotel casino without having the permission needed. The work of grading and paving went on from Friday until yesterday. The ceremonial groundbreaking that occurred last week had already caused involvement of the country officials.
Bill Mesa, the Jamul Indian village councilman, claims that the work was on a property belongs to the tribe in favor of building a driveway to their reservation, not on the ground designated to the hotel, and it is far enough from the city limitation of San Diego. The plan of the 16-30 stories tall casino-hotel in Jamul, creates protestation from many of Jamul residents, who are concerned by the option of damaging the area rural life quality. According to Bill Mesa, since the job involved moving a relatively small amount of dirt, they wont need an official state permit. After a visit of two of his inspector, a county Department of Planning and Land Use deputy director said that it appears that the grading was within the limits, and that they are examining the subject.
Bill Mesa admitted that he assumed that the constructing works will cause objections by their neighbors, but it was done in order to prove the neighbors and the tribe people that the they are serious about the casino hotel project.
