Major plans to build a destination casino and hotel at the junction of Highways 97 and 16.
“The people who voted me in put me there to do a job. They didn’t put me there to step aside from tough issues,” said Sethen. “It would be the easiest thing to do to step away from some of these tough issues, but I feel I would be neglecting my duty if I did that.”
Campaign donations especially those from Major became a controversial election issue in 2002. Some losing candidates suggested they were defeated simply because they accepted money from Major in the 1999 election.