Unions blast Cieslewicz - 2004-02-21
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz's campaign against a casino at the DeJope bingo hall in the last few weeks before voters rejected the idea Tuesday has left a bad taste with members of the building trades, who were strong supporters of the casino.
Scott Vaughn, executive director of the Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, said the mayor refused to meet with him to discuss union support of the casino, showed bad faith in campaigning against the city's agreement with Ho-Chunk, and ignored the fact that the membership of the South Central Federation of Labor endorsed the casino by a 4 to 1 margin.
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