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morningstar55 · 09-01-2010, 05:32 PM

GGRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr now this just piss's me off......

Gov wins Indian wrestle on cigs
By JENNIFER FERMINO

With Post Wire Services

Last Updated: 11:57 AM, August 31, 2010

Posted: 2:45 AM, August 31, 2010

Comments: 2 More Print A Buffalo judge sided with Gov. Paterson yesterday and refused to block the state from taxing cigarettes sold on Indian reservations to non-Native Americans.

Paterson wants to start taxing the previously tariff-free tobacco starting tomorrow, but local tribes have mounted a vigorous campaign to stop the taxes, which they consider an attack on their sovereignty.

Lawyers for the Seneca Indian Nation argued that the state didn't properly implement rules outlining how the taxes would be imposed.

But the judge sided with the state, which argued that new regulations allow them to slap taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations, which previously could sell cigs without taxes.

The Senecas also are trying to get the taxes banned in federal court. That challenge is pending.

The cash-strapped state is desperate for the extra revenue the taxes can bring, but Paterson has expressed serious concerns.

"This is a very dangerous situation," he said last week on WOR-AM radio. "There is a, I think, high alert. The State Police tells us over and over again that there could be violence and death as a result of some of the measures we're taking."

In 1997 -- the last time New York tried to force local tribes to pay taxes on cigarettes -- violent protests forced a 30-mile stretch of the Thruway to be closed.

Seneca Nation President Barry Snyder repeatedly said "violence is not on our agenda."

The Senecas say that collecting any taxes on their reservation violates treaties.

jennifer.fermino@nypost.com Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/g...#ixzz0yK7YxZNL

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