Details behind tribal gambling and campaign contributions

Read this report from Chris McGann at the Seattle PI article from June 12, 2008. 

Basically, Chris Gregoire killed the tribal gambling compact that could have led to an unlimited expansion of gambling and betting. Other states that have similar compacts have not fared well.

The $40M Rossi's ads proclaim as being "lost" wasn't lost, it was "potential" tax revenue. As for the tribes contributing to the Democrats, no law against it, and she was up-front about it. There were public hearings. She took input before killing the compact. It's what the people wanted (or didn't want). They weighed the pros and cons. 

Sounds like sound leadership to me. She made a difficult decision. On the one hand, there seems to be a huge raft of corruption surrounding unlimited gambling expansion in other states. On the other hand: Tribes have been using lobbyists like Jack Abramoff. Questionable!

Does that mean Dino Rossi wouldn't have any trouble dealing with the potential expansion of gambling to every strip mall and all the trouble that might mean for neighborhoods?