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Michigan senator backs casino2 August 2007MICHIGAN -- As reported by the Port Huron Times Herald : "U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, who had been neutral on the issue of a casino in Port Huron, has switched course and thrown his support behind a proposed casino at the Thomas Edison Inn. "Casino advocates, who had sought the senator's backing for five years, hailed his decision. "...He voiced his support in a letter to Mayor Alan Cutcher, who had written the senator July 10, a day after the Port Huron City Council passed a resolution on the topic. "'I have been neutral toward this proposal until now, given the number of casinos already in Michigan,' Levin wrote. 'However, your arguments are persuasive relative to the economic situation in Port Huron, coupled with the presence of the casino in Sarnia. In light of the unique situation, I will support the federal legislation introduced by Rep. Bart Stupak earlier this year allowing the Bay Mills project to proceed if it passes the House of Representatives.'..." |