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September 3, 2008

California Bingo: A story about tribes, priests and...

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"This is a story about how laws are made in California. It's about poor kids in Los Angeles who lack tuition for parochial school, and disabled kids in Sacramento whose beloved therapy program is threatened. It's about casino tribes, Catholic priests, high school sports and blind people. Oh, and bingo.

Early 2008: Gil Cedillo is talking to John Moretta. Cedillo is a 54-year-old state senator from Los Angeles. Moretta is the 67-year-old monsignor of Church of the Resurrection Catholic Church in the east L.A. neighborhood of Boyle Heights. A lifelong resident of the Heights, Cedillo received his first Holy Communion at Resurrection.

Moretta tells Cedillo that the parish's bingo games are suffering, and that unless something is done, the parish will have to stop offering the hundred or so scholarships to the parish school that it extends to poor families.

Cedillo promises to see what he can do."

Get the Story:
Bingo bill took circuitous route through Capitol (The Sacramento Bee 9/3)
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