Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs confirms there is no need to rush City of County agreements for proposed Casino. “There is no time limit when negotiating an IGA with the Tribe, in some cases, those agreements are entered into once the land is in trust. Also, there is no time “bar” from entering into that agreement. And nothing that says you have to sign at the same time as the city.” Read here: Emails
Kenosha Casino Alert! CAEG CCH Release 11_12_2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Thursday, November 12, 2023 Contact: Lorri Pickens, Lorri@citizensagainstgambling.com; 920-659-4489 Download press release here: CASINO Lack of Detail and Transparency in Kenosha Casino Process Puts Kenosha Residents at Risk Kenosha, WI – Intentionally deceitful, embarrassing, and shameful – that sums up Kenosha’s City Council Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) which was the subject of a last minute public hearing on a secretly negotiated deal for a Kenosha Casino. The agreement lacks important details,...
Kenosha, WI – On Tuesday, the City of Kenosha announced a last minute public hearing had been scheduled for today on a secretly negotiated deal for a Kenosha Casino. Shortly thereafter, the Kenosha County Board was notified that the County’s IGA, also negotiated in secret, would be shared with the whole committee on November 14, the legislative committee on the 15th, and the finance committee on the 16th. The agreements will likely be voted on by the City tonight after...
There is no local, state, or federal timeline requiring the IGAs to be fast tracked. This process has been cloaked in a cloud of secrecy and deception- and now City and County officials are rushing to approve Intergovernmental Agreements without time to fully understand and discuss this secretly negotiated deal. Below are a few of the concerns deserving a full and open public debate. Read more here: Questions about Casino Proposal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KCBIAAPP_PR_9_25_2023 Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2023 Contact: Lorri Pickens, Lorri@citizensagainstgambling.com; 920-659-4489 Kenosha Casino Cloaked in a Shroud of Secrecy Application to Bureau of Indian Affairs Creates More Questions than Answers Kenosha, WI – Past attempts to place an off-reservation casino in Kenosha have been shrouded in secrecy and tainted by corruption and questionable business practices. The new casino application submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs on May 2, 2023 by the Menominee Tribe of Northern Wisconsin...
Kenosha Casino BIA Application
Kenosha County is one of the most prosperous counties in Wisconsin, a far cry from where we were even a decade ago. The prosperity we now enjoy is due to the deliberate effort to attract good economic development such as Uline and Nosco corporate headquarters and landing large new distribution and production facilities like Amazon and HARIBO. This kind of sound economic development creates a bright economic future for Kenosha County even through catastrophic events like the COVID pandemic. Most...
Predatory gambling is when state and local governments partner with powerful corporate gambling interests to use commercialized gambling to exploit and defraud citizens and their communities across the country. The business model for state lotteries and local casinos depends on blatantly exploiting the financially desperate and the addicted. It cannot survive without these citizens. Government’s primary responsibility is to protect citizens – but for the government to win, its citizens must lose. Over the next eight years, the American people...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Monday, July 18, 2022 Contact: Lorri Pickens, Lorri@citizensagainstgambling.com; 920-659-4489 Bristol Village Board Attempts to Railroad Casino Land Deal Legal Opinion Contradicts Statements to Citizens Bristol, WI – For weeks Village of Bristol Trustees have told upset residents that they are legally obligated to approve the Florida Seminole’s (Kenosha LandCo LLC) option to purchase 60 prime acres of land...
MEMORANDUM TO: Interested Parties FROM: Mike Wittenwyler / Parker Conover Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. DATE: July 18, 2022 SUBJECT: Village of Bristol Despite no obligation to do so, the Village of Bristol (the “Village”) is considering entering into a recordable option agreement (the “Option Agreement)” with Kenosha LandCo, LLC (“Hard Rock Casinos”) which, in exchange for a below-market option fee, would give Hard Rock Casinos the exclusive option to purchase parcels of, or all of the land (the “Property”) owned...
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