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.

• Both the City and the County’s IGAs lack detail and contain several “TBD” (to be determined) placeholders.
• The Menominee Tribe and their attorney have publicly stated multiple times that the traffic studies and economic/market studies are in the process of being finalized. These include important details that will impact Kenosha residents. Both the City and the County should delay action on the casino until these studies are published, and experts have provided necessary recommendations to be included in the IGAs.
• Both Kenosha City and County IGAs lack any details about what the Tribes are proposing to build – no internal or external renderings, no landscaping details. It’s just a box of 1,500 slots with 150 rooms and a 2,000 space parking lot.   There is no mention of a hotel, music venue or Hard Rock restaurant. Even Edward Tracy, CEO of Hard Rock Asia, admitted that Hard Rock probably won’t build a Hard Rock Live and music venue in Kenosha (start 4:3:30 to 4:6:08).
• The IGA’s only include the Menominee Tribe even though the Seminole Tribe of Florida is the driving force and managing partner in the casino plan.

Contact your City and County elected representatives and ask them to at minimum slow down until all of the details are known and issues are mitigated. Please consider attending Common Council and County Board Meetings to share your concerns. 

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County Board of Supervisors’ Meeting schedule and location:

7:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month (unless otherwise noticed)

Kenosha County Administration Building
County Board Chambers – 3rd Floor
1010 56th St., Kenosha, WI 53140

Contact info for County Executive Samantha Kerkman: County Executive | Kenosha County, WI – Official Website

Contact info for Kenosha County Board Members: County Board of Supervisors | Kenosha County, WI – Official Website

City of Kenosha Common Council Meeting schedule and location:

7:00 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month (unless otherwise noticed)

City Hall – Room 200
625 52nd Street, Kenosha

Contact info for Kenosha Common Council Members: Alderperson_contact_list_public.pdf (kenosha.org)