Pokagon's success encourages other tribes

21 Jun 2007

MICHIGAN -- As reported by the Michigan Business Review: "The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians set Aug. 2 as the grand-opening date for its Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo Township, and contractors are working seven-day weeks to make the date. The Lansing-based Christman Co., in a joint venture with the national builder Kraus/Anderson, started work 12 months ago.

"The casino management company, Minneapolis-based Lakes Entertainment Inc., had received 12,000 applications for jobs by June 12, according to Four Winds Casino Resort general manager Matt Harkness.

"...Construction marks the end of more than a decade of opposition in state and federal courts by Taxpayers of Michigan Against Casinos, a group that never revealed its membership count. Its financing was traced a few years ago via subpoena to the former owner of the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, Ind. -- 10 miles from the New Buffalo site.

"Both the Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi in Dorr, south of Grand Rapids, and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band, south of Battle Creek, see the Pokagon Band's success as breaking the barriers for their own planned casinos. After all, the lawsuits filed against them by Warner, Norcross & Judd for Michigan Gambling Opposition and Citizens Exposing Truth Against Casinos were almost identical -- word for word, clause by clause -- to the suit Warner Norcross filed for TOMAC against the Pokagons.

"...The three western Michigan tribes say they view casinos as engines to drive diversified economic development..."

Pokagon's success encourages other tribes is republished from CasinoCityTimes.com.

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	Pokagon's success encourages other tribes 21 Jun 2007 <a href='http://as1.casinocity.com/adclick.php?n=a21efcd1'><img src='http://as1.casinocity.com/adview.php?what=-site:vendors/width:250/RON&n=a21efcd1' border='0' alt=''></a> MICHIGAN -- As reported by the Michigan Business Review: "The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians set Aug. 2 as the grand-opening date for its Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo Township, and contractors are working seven-day weeks to make the date. The Lansing-based Christman Co., in a joint venture with the national builder Kraus/Anderson, started work 12 months ago. "The casino management company, Minneapolis-based Lakes Entertainment Inc., had received 12,000 applications for jobs by June 12, according to Four Winds Casino Resort general manager Matt Harkness. "...Construction marks the end of more than a decade of opposition in state and federal courts by Taxpayers of Michigan Against Casinos, a group that never revealed its membership count. Its financing was traced a few years ago via subpoena to the former owner of the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, Ind. -- 10 miles from the New Buffalo site. "Both the Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi in Dorr, south of Grand Rapids, and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band, south of Battle Creek, see the Pokagon Band's success as breaking the barriers for their own planned casinos. After all, the lawsuits filed against them by Warner, Norcross & Judd for Michigan Gambling Opposition and Citizens Exposing Truth Against Casinos were almost identical -- word for word, clause by clause -- to the suit Warner Norcross filed for TOMAC against the Pokagons. "...The three western Michigan tribes say they view casinos as engines to drive diversified economic development..." Pokagon's success encourages other tribes is republished from CasinoCityTimes.com.