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Rebecca Patterson

289:06 - 289:20

“I think the frustration so far has been the lack of any justifiable reason for why they're declining the amounts that have been proposed.”
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Rebecca Patterson
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I just want to add something. I mean, I think every tribe obviously has different factors they're going to consider and is going to make a choice in a negotiation of what they're willing to accept and what they're not. I think the frustration so far has been the lack of any justifiable reason for why they're declining the amounts that have been proposed. And I'll just provide an example from another tribe. It wasn't out.

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