Most voiced dissatisfaction with-and some showed contempt for-the Washington County Board of Supervisors and its plans to establish a tax increment financing district in partnership with the City of Riverside and Washington County Casino Resort, at a public hearing last night.
      The TIF district would allow the City of Riverside to divert Washington County property tax dollars to build a more than $10 million sewer and water system east of Highway 218 that would serve the casino and future Riverside development.
      Many of the roughly 50, mostly rural, Washington County residents who filled the main courtroom of the County Courthouse for the hearing had strong words for both the supervisors and casino developers. They accused the casino of misleading voters and the county supervisors of going along with a plan that would use tax dollars to build casino infrastructure.
      "It's not what was presented at the beginning, when the casino was presented to the people," said Christine Thomann of rural north Washington County.
      A Washington County gambling referendum was approved at the polls 52 percent to 48 percent in August 2004.