MARQUETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – Menominee Tribal members are about halfway through their walk from Keshena to Madison, where they hope to get the governor to change his mind and allow the Kenosha casino.
About a dozen tribal members left their headquarters on Friday morning, and they marched through a bitter cold weekend.
Tribal chairman Gary Besaw said the group left Wautoma Monday morning, and was planning to get to Portage Monday night.
Republican Governor Scott Walker said no to the proposed Hard Rock Kenosha casino and hotel last month, saying it might force Wisconsin taxpayers to shell out millions to the Potawatomi tribe as part of its latest gaming compact.
Last week — while Walker was on his trade mission to London — his administration expressed doubts that the governor would ever reconsider his action.
Meanwhile, the Menominee has mentioned an offer to build its $800 million complex just a few miles south of Kenosha in Zion Illinois.
WISN-TV said it came in a letter from an employee in Zion’s economic development agency.
Zion Mayor Lane Harrison told the station that the city’s governing body has not discussed it. He said the panel would never consider such a project, without the full support of the city’s legal counsel.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
