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Minnesota Tribe Launches Ad Campaign23 April 2003MINNESOTA -- As reported by the (Minnesota) Star Tribune: "To counteract the success in the House of legislation for a state-sponsored casino, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has begun airing television advertisements emphasizing the contribution of Indian-owned casinos to the economy of rural Minnesota. "`A lot of people think Indian casinos don't pay taxes," says one of the 30-second ads. "The truth is, they pay more than $81 million in payroll taxes annually, millions in real estate taxes, and millions more are collected from companies that do business with casinos. "`If Minnesota votes to allow non-Indian casinos in the Twin Cities, it will hurt the rural community that Indian casinos help to support,' the ad continues. `It will hurt the state's ability to generate tax revenues, and as a result, will hurt all Minnesota. Who wins then?' "...The Mille Lacs ad campaign will run into May, according to a tribal spokesman. The cost of production and air time for the TV ads and the radio ads was not immediately available..." |