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Dane County See Millions If Voters Pass Casino Referendum - 2004-02-16
After a turbulent and expensive campaign that has divided residents, voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether they want a Ho-Chunk bingo hall converted into a high-stakes casino offering craps and blackjack. Before it's over, $1.3 million is anticipated to be spent by local casino advocates - funded by the Ho-Chunk Nation - setting a new record of spending on a political campaign in Dane County.

Both sides predict the results of the casino referendum will be close. At stake for the Ho-Chunk Nation, which already operates a casino 30 miles west of Madison in Lake Delton, is millions of dollars of new gaming revenue that would be generated by adding casino games at its DeJope bingo operation on Madison's southeast side.
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Order Imperils Proposed Casino - 2004-02-16
A federal magistrate has clouded the legitimacy of the St. Regis Mohawk tribal government in a decision that could derail an agreement between the tribe and the state for a casino in the Catskills. In a decision made Friday, Syracuse Judge David Peebles ruled that the U.S. Department of Interior must review its decision to recognize the elected three-chief government in place since 2000. The federal agency must re-examine whether the constitutional government that held power for a short period in the mid-to-late 1990s should be the recognized leaders.

Peebles ruled the agency's recognition of the elected chiefs as the tribal authority was not the result of a "considered analysis of the leadership dispute, but instead resulted from a misconception" from a lower court order.
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