MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – It appears that some lawmakers won’t take no for an answer on the proposed Kenosha casino.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and other legislators of both parties who support the casino got together Thursday, and again urged Governor Scott Walker to change his mind about rejecting it.
They tried getting Walker to budge earlier this week, but he said no Wednesday.
The Republican Walker said taxpayers could be left on the hook for millions of dollars if the Menominee tribe is allowed to build the proposed Hard Rock Casino and Hotel. Walker said taxpayers might have to reimburse the Potawatomi tribe for both present and past payments it made to the state, if it loses money from a Kenosha gaming house.
Casino backers said Walker ignored the Menominee’s commitment to cover those losses — and Vos is among those who believe the jobs and additional visitors to Kenosha would be too good to pass up.
Tribal leaders joined a press conference Thursday. A Menominee spokesperson says their representatives are in Washington, D.C., meeting with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to discuss possible legal options.
(Additional reporting by Wheeler News Service)
