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Kenosha casino plans odds worsened

WISCONSIN – As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "A proposed casino in Kenosha got a second dose of bad news Tuesday with the release of a letter from federal officials warning that the odds against its approval have worsened.

"In the letter, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs tells the Menominee tribe that congressional concerns about "reservation shopping" are shared by the bureau.

"The letter also states that the farther away a proposed casino site is from a tribe's traditional boundaries, the less likely it will be approved. The Menominee reservation is about 200 miles from the proposed $808 million casino site in Kenosha at Dairyland Greyhound Park. The Forest County Potawatomi tribe, operator of the state's largest casino, which is in Milwaukee, opposes the proposed Kenosha casino.

"The Kenosha project also made the news last week when casino developer and Kenosha businessman Dennis Troha was indicted by a federal grand jury. He is accused of laundering campaign donations to Gov. Jim Doyle and lying about them.

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