Beloit Casino Clears Hurdle
As
Reported by the Janesville Gazette
BELOIT,
Wisconsin "The proposed Beloit Indian
casino leapt one last county hurdle Thursday night at
the Rock County Board.
"Supervisors
approved by 19-2 changes to the intergovernmental agreement
between the county, the Beloit City Council and the St.
Croix and Bad River bands of the Chippewa tribe. The Beloit
City Council approved the changes earlier.
"The
Bureau of Indian Affairs requested the changes, telling
the groups some language in the agreement may have violated
federal law
"
Narragansett Indian Chief Campaigns for Casino Vote
As
Reported by the Rhode Island Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE,
Rhode Island "That tireless juggernaut
spending millions of dollars each month to persuade voters
to approve a Harrah's-Narragansett Indian casino in November
visited downtown yesterday in the form of a royal-blue
bus, with Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas stepping off to
promise good things if the referendum question passes.
"The
40-foot tour bus with the words 'Support the Narragansett
Indian Casino Vote Yes on [Question] 1,' parked on a corner
of Kennedy Plaza for what Thomas said was the first stop
of the tribe's "victory drive" to win voter
approval for a casino.
"The
scene had all the makings of a campaign rally, complete
with cheering bystanders -- in this case, construction
workers recruited by their union stewards from several
surrounding job sites to hold signs in front of the television
cameras.
"
Thomas
said repeatedly during his speech that the proposed casino
was a $1-billion investment in Rhode Island, which would
create 3,500 construction jobs, 3,800 permanent casino
jobs, nearly 2,000 more jobs in the business community
and provide $144 million in property-tax relief.
"
Lawmakers
agreed to put the question of a casino before voters --
in the form of a constitutional amendment -- even though
financial terms with Harrah's were never worked out
"