State lawmaker wonders why Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is taking so long to make a decision on the
Menominee Nation
off-reservation casino:
Last Friday, for the second week in a row, Walker backed away from his self-imposed deadline to approve or veto the Menominee tribe’s application, and appears to be singing a different tune.
He now insists that the casino decision could take several months, and suggested a willingness to hire a consultant in order to verify the various claims about the number of jobs that could be created by an off-reservation casino in Kenosha.
The Menominee tribe asserts that its proposed $800 million casino complex would create about 5,000 direct and indirect jobs.
However, this estimate is offset by the projection from the Potawatomi, which owns the state’s largest casino, in Milwaukee, that alleges the new competitor would cost the Milwaukee area about 3,000 jobs.
The subject of new job creation is an issue that the governor should feel quite vulnerable on.
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State Rep. Leon D. Young:
Capitol Report – How will Walker roll the dice?
(The Milwaukee Courier 11/16)
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